CNSNews.com - Decision to Try KSM in Civilian Court is 'Asinine' and Has Terrorists ‘Laughing At Us,' Says Republican Member of Judiciary Committee

CNSNews.com - Decision to Try KSM in Civilian Court is 'Asinine' and Has Terrorists ‘Laughing At Us,' Says Republican Member of Judiciary Committee: "(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told CNSNews.com that the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in civilian court is an “asinine approach” for which terrorists “the world over” are “laughing” at the United States.

The Obama administration recently announced that Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, unlike Mohammad, would be tried in a military tribunal for his role in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000, in which 17 American soldiers died.

CNSNews.com asked Franks, “If the U.S.S. Cole alleged attacker, Nashiri, is able to get a fair trial in a military commission, why do you think the Obama administration would not, or has not, done the same thing with Khalid Sheikh Mohammad?”

“Well, I think they made a terrible mistake in not doing exactly that,” said Franks. “I think that Khalid Sheikh Mohammad should be tried in a military tribunal.

“I think it’s a terrible mistake to bring him into New York and to try him in this country as we would a common criminal, in the same architecture as our federal court system under the Constitution, because all of a sudden that completely changes the whole make-up of the focus,” Franks added."