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Forbes asks: When will we finally prosecute 9/11 terrorists?
Posted by Randy | May 26, 2011

Last night during the floor debate of the annual national defense policy bill, I had the opportunity to lead the opposition to an amendment offered by House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09).  His amendment would overturn the inclusion of language agreed to last year on a bipartisan basis to prevent the transfer of detainees to the United States for the purpose of standing trial.

Nearly ten years have come and gone and the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attacks still have not stood trial.  Allowing these detainees to be transferred to the United States would undoubtedly afford terrorists a host of constitutional rights, putting their convictions in jeopardy and further impeding the delivery of justice.

While on the floor, I asked a simple question, “When, Mr. Chairman, is somebody going to stand up for the rights of the victims of terror who asked, ‘when are we going to start getting prosecutions’?” You can watch my remarks on the floor by clicking here or on the image below.
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