Check out this quote from the WASHINGTON TIMES from an article printed yesterday that quotes the 2001 Schumer from a transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee:
First, the Government must have the power to use even the most sensitive classified evidence against these suspects without compromising national security in any way, shape, or form. In addition, those who commit acts of war against the United States, particularly those who have no color of citizenship, don’t deserve the same panoply of due process rights that American citizens receive. Should Osama bin Laden be captured alive—and I imagine most Americans hope he won’t be captured alive. But if he is, it is ludicrous to suggest he should be tried in a Federal court on Center Street in Lower Manhattan.Yes, that was Chuck Schumer in 2001.
Fast forward to November 18th, 2009. After opening his facial orifice in front of a microphone that captured his dreck and amplified it, Schumer was approached and questioned about his support of KSM being tried in NYC in a civilian court. His response was to walk away and attempt to avoid the obvious and glaring contradiction. The fact that real journalists don't seem to be interested in engaging in such tactics aside, check out the guy who comes to Schumer's rescue at the end. He reminded me of Danny Noonan in Caddyshack after Ted Knight threw the golf club. Chucky probably will repay him somehow.
h/t to HA
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