Attorney for 9/11 jihadist; "They'll use the trial to air criticisms..."

(Taken from the YAHOO news service) NEW YORK – The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but "would explain what happened and why they did it." (Explain? Expect a diatribe.)

The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier this month that Ali and four other men accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. will face a civilian federal trial just blocks from the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.

Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi, is a nephew of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Mohammed, Ali and the others will explain "their assessment of American foreign policy," Fenstermaker said.

"Their assessment is negative," he said. (Really? Who'd a thunk it?)

Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has not spoken with the others but said the men have discussed the trial among themselves.

Fenstermaker was first quoted in The New York Times in Sunday's editions.

Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try the men in a New York City civilian courthouse have warned that the trial would provide the defendants with a propaganda platform. (Which is exactly what is happening.)

Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said Sunday that while the men may attempt to use the trial to express their views, "we have full confidence in the ability of the courts and in particular the federal judge who may preside over the trial to ensure that the proceeding is conducted appropriately and with minimal disruption, as federal courts have done in the past." (Horseshit. Look for the present administration use this to deflect attention from whatever is their most pressing PR problem at the time. Expect Bushbashing to continue.)

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Holder for hours about his decision to send the five 9/11 suspects to New York for trial.

Critics of Holder's decision — mostly Republicans — argued the trial will give Mohammed and his co-defendants a world stage to spout hateful rhetoric. Holder said such concerns are misplaced, and any pronouncements by the suspects would only make them look worse. (He knows this how?)

"I have every confidence that the nation and the world will see him for the coward that he is," Holder told the committee. "I'm not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has to say at trial — and no one else needs to be, either." (What a putz. Hey dummy, remember the furor over the supposed flushing of Korans down the toilet? How did the world see that fantasy?)

The attorney general said he does not believe holding the trial in New York — at a federal courthouse that has seen a number of high-profile terrorism trials in recent decades — will increase the risk of terror attacks there. (My ass. The Big Apple will become the #1 target of opportunity for every fired-up jihadist that hears the crap coming out of their fellow followers of the Pedophile Prophet.)

Here's my prediction, may God grant I be completely wrong. The jihadists will use the trial as a pulpit for their "grievances" to be aired. Islamists the world over will hang on every word and act out violently as they see fit. The present Administration in D.C. will equivocate, try to avoid being "judgmental" and the President's Apology Tour will continue with a new phase. The "Blame America First" mentality will shift into high gear.

This won't stop a new rash of bombings and killings now happening here in the continental USA. When they do happen, Homeland Security will fall all over itself to insure the safety of Muslims within the country. Since the folks at HS already believe potential right-wing extremists pose a greater threat than anyone else, take a guess at who'll they'll go after first.

Look for the suspension of habeus corpus for starters after that. There'll be a mobilizing of a "civilian corp" to protect the country, ostensibly to avoid conflict with the doctrine of Posse Comitatus. Volunteers from SEIU, ACORN and the like will swell the ranks. I wonder if they'll be issued brown shirted uniforms? Then look for an increasing number of government designated troublemakers to be taken into custody.

By the time 2012 rolls around no opportunity provided by this self-generated crisis will be left unexploited.

The genesis of all of this tinfoil hat thinking of mine is the thought that "the ends justifies the means" is a major mindset in this administration. I've no doubt there are lofty goals in mind, the desire for peace on Earth and goodwill to all. But I've also no doubt that if it takes spilling a little blood here and there it'll be willingly accepted. Hey, our present Commander-in-Chief has such a disdain for human life he voted AGAINST the Illinois version of the Born Alive Act that procures basic medical care for babies that survive abortion. If that doesn't denote a severe emotional disconnect with his fellow human beings I'll eat this keyboard.

So beginning with that mindset, what price would be too high to achieve the goals of world peace, brotherhood among all, etc? Good intentions true enough, but there are roads paved with those intentions.

It's zealous thinking at it's best. Zealots, no matter what their beliefs, make me nervous because of the "ends justifies the means" rationale.

Stock up on the bullets, beans, Bibles and rosaries, (the last item is optional). We'll be needing them all in the showdowns that come to each of us.

I really wish I didn't believe this crap will happen. Really, someone tell me to take off the tinfoil hat and give me some reassurance it's just my paranoia kicking in.

Now I'm going to go pray for a while. In all honesty, I've really amped up on that in the last year.