Some people never will get it

Bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York City is an idea roughly on a par with capturing Yamamoto and hauling him to Honolulu to stand trial. It's a an epic fail on so many levels. If KSM, as we like to refer to him, stands trial and is found guilty, what are the chances that the conviction stands on appeal? Does no one know that changes of venue are sought for cases of just this local magnitude? You don't change venue to the scene of the crime, but away from it. That alone is enough to overturn any conviction. Then there is the question of whether the evidence against him will be disallowed because it was obtained via waterboard. And then there's the Jack Ruby factor. What if KSM is acquitted? Does he stroll a free man out of the courthouse? Does the Obama administration offer reparations? What happens? Is there an exit strategy here? Isoroku Yamamoto, a onetime Harvard student, was the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He played the same role as KSM in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. American P-38 Lightnings shot his plane down in 1943. The killing of Yamamoto was a blow to imperiaI Japan. Had he been captured and brought to civilian trial, the justice system would have been reduced to a mockery, as it is about to be here.