Here’s a great op-ed by Pat Buchanan on the legal and national security implications of trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 conspirators in federal court in Manhattan.  Buchanan writes:

Are we at war – or not?

For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?

Is it possible we have done an injustice to this man by keeping him locked up all these years without trial? For that is what this trial implies – that he may not be guilty.

This is a terrible decision for a whole host of reasons.  I hope the Obama administration does the right thing and reverses this decision.