Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Tuesday the captured Libyan militant suspected of carrying out the Benghazi attacks of 2012 should be “interrogated extensively” and shouldn’t be given due process rights.
He was asked if Ahmed Abu Khatallah should be tried in a U.S. court, as authorities intend on doing.
“First I congratulate those who were involved in capturing this guy. I think that’s a significant step. He needs to be interrogated extensively. And I hope that will occur,” McConnell said. “There has been a tendency in this administration, as you know, to treat this like a law enforcement matter. Read them their rights. Get them a lawyer. I hope they’re not doing that.”
He added: “The most valuable thing we can get from this terrorist is information about who else was involved in it. We’ll be watching closely to see how much information they glean from it and how they’ll be handling it.”
He’s not an American citizen you fucking moron.
EDIT: On further reflection the turtle is still a dissembling shit. And I trust that this administration will follow the rules and if this cat is guilty he will be tried fairly. For legal advice I will always revert to NCSteve. But for identifying shit, I will go with my gut.
Shut up you idiot…just shut up already
Foreign nationals subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts are entitled to the same rights as American citizens under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments. If they’re going to try him in a federal court, they have to give him all the rights he’s due or else not use any evidence they obtain in violation of those rights at the trial. .
They really think the way to get what they want is to torture him. They don’t seem to realize that torture is how you get to admit to shit that ISN’T true.
Oh…I see. Never mind.
“Small government Republican”.