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Nov17
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imagine Khalid in an iron Hannibal mask

The notion that 9/11 conspirators are too dangerous to be tried in American courts has been driving me crazy for years.

Am I really supposed to believe that prisons secure enough for American serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer are not up to the task? (Read the Wikipedia entry, the murders were way, way more gristly than I thought.) Who presents a greater risk upon escaping, a native American who could seamlessly blend in to the population, or Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? Do inmates in maximum security prisons regularly escape, or does that only happen in Arizona, or in Rep. Shadegg’s imagination?

The worst part is, I simply have no idea if people like Shadegg are commanded by partisanship or actual cowardice, and which bodes worse for our culture.

[update] Gruber next-leveled it