CNN reports that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has confessed to numerous terrorist attacks on US interests across the world. Interesting to note that this is not a guilty plea (as of yet), but rather “proof” that he should be classified as an enemy combatant and therefore go before a military tribunal for his ultimate trial.

Guantanamo makes me a little nervous, I’m not going to lie. Unobserved “questioning” of suspects could get very nasty very quickly. I hope our soldiers have more integrity than that, but I know that some don’t. If I had my way, this transcript wouldn’t be admissible as evidence in the courtroom. Get him out in the open, where there can be no coercion, and if he confesses again on the stand, amazing. Our justice system can do its job and he’ll be charged as a war criminal.

Thoughts? What about the language barrier? Any thoughts on that? Should he have a team of translators in the courtroom? If the samples from the transcript are anything to go by, he’s got an awful grasp of the English language.

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