The KSM Trial Will Be An Intelligence Bonanza For al Qaeda -- Wall Street JournalThe government will have to choose between vigorous prosecution and revealing classified sources and methods.
'This is a prosecutorial decision as well as a national security decision," President Barack Obama said last week about the attorney general's announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other al Qaeda operatives will be put on trial in New York City federal court.
No, it is not. It is a presidential decision—one about the hard, ever-present trade-off between civil liberties and national security.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Welcome, comrade Maobama -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
The Great Wallop -- Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick, New York Times
China: A need for strategic reassurance -- Jing-dong Yuan, Asia Times
The Nine Nations of China -- Patrick Chovanec, The Atlantic
President Obama in China -- New York Times editorial
Afghanistan's Dream Shamocracy -- Joshua Meah, Diplomatic Courier
America's Goals in Afghanistan -- Sec. Hillary Clinton, Der Spiegel
A blue line in Afghanistan -- Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Post
A dream, not an exit plan (The Afghan Army) -- Peter Preston, The Guardian
The Taliban's Winter War Game -- Gavin Greenwood, Asia Sentinel
Fumbling on Afghanistan -- National Review editorial
Journalist Murders in Mexico Hits New Record -- Ioan Grillo, Global Post
History is repeated as tragedy in the new scramble for Africa -- Paul Collier, The Independent
Windfall From Iranian Fray -- Mac Broderick, Moscow Times