One of the reasons
"The Factor" is by
far the most
dominant cable news
program in America
is that we are often
correct in our
assessments.
When Attorney
General Eric Holder
announced last
November that the
Obama administration
would try Khalid
Sheikh Muhammad, the
9/11 mastermind, and
four other Al Qaeda
thugs in New York
City, we immediately
said that was a
major mistake. And
now, many have
turned against the
decision, including
big-time Democrats
like Senators
Feinstein and
Schumer.
In my newspaper
column this week,
which you can access
on BillOReilly.com,
I run down why Mr.
Holder's decision is
so destructive for
America. Basically,
foreign terrorists
should be tried by
the
military. We have a
law stating that,
but Holder remains
defiant.
In an interview with
the left-leaning New
Yorker magazine he
says, "I don't
apologize for what
I've done. History
will show that the
decisions we've made
are the right ones."
Holder goes on to
say that the "Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed
trial will be the
defining event of
his attorney
generalship."
But in the same
article, it's
reported that White
House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel
bitterly opposes
Holder's decision.
Apparently, Emanuel
believes that most
Americans, including
the entire
Republican Party,
are so angry that Al
Qaeda thugs are
getting
constitutional
protections that it
will hurt the
president's overall
anti-terror agenda.
In Holder's defense,
the New Yorker story
lays out the case
for giving the Al
Qaeda killers
civilian trials. You
should read it to
evaluate how strong
that argument is.
But again, in my
opinion, overseas
terrorists must be
handled by the
military if we are
able to win the War
on Terror.
In the end, this all
comes down to
leadership.
President Obama has
said he allowed
Holder to make the
final decision, but
Holder works for the
president, and Mr.
Obama should be the
decider, as
President Bush once
said.
Here at "The
Factor," we have
reported and we have
decided. Holder is
extremely misguided.
And that's "The
Memo."
