Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, To Be Released

The man behind the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie that killed 270 is being allowed to return home to Libya as he is dying from Pancreatic cancer. Scottish authorities defend the decision by stating:

"Our justice system demands that judgment be imposed but compassion available...Our beliefs dictate that justice be served but mercy be shown."

The White House has rightfully disagreed with the decision:

"As we have expressed repeatedly to officials of the government of the United Kingdom and to Scottish authorities, we continue to believe that al Megrahi should serve out his sentence in Scotland," it said.

What mercy was shown to the innocent people flying back to New York from London on that fateful day in 1988? Should we show compassion? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean that rule of law can be set aside for anyone, especially someone this dispicable.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/19/scotland.lockerbie.bomber/index.html

Military Experts in Senate Write Obama On Trials For Terrorists

Jim Webb (D-VA), John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-D - CT) have penned a letter to the President in an attempt to dissuade him from trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, in the United States. Hopefully, this won't be necessary, as commons sense dictates that what he did was an act of war and should be handled by the military as such, but just in case the ACLU and the like try to strong-arm the left wing of the White House:

“We write to you today to express our concern over reports that your Administration may prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and other alleged war criminals in civilian courts in Virginia, New York, and the District of Columbia. Such trials would treat the war on terrorism as a law enforcement operation, rather than a war, and would treat its alleged perpetrators as common criminals, instead of violators of the law of war."

Source: http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=f0af834e-802a-23ad-47dc-13a1c834e1e6