The New Yorker features an article by Jane Mayer, one of the nation's most active journalists on the Bush administration's torture policies, on Eric Holder and the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Basically, it deals with the trouble that Obama and Holder have had in bringing terrorists to trial and closing Guantanamo. For me, a couple things stand out:
1. Rahm and the White House politics shop have been very critical of Holder's efforts to bring KSM to trial in civilian court. Not good.
2. These troubles are another example of Obama and the White House losing the narrative to the GOP on a major issue. I find it distressing that such a powerful communicator keeps failing to get his message out. I'm not sure what the solution is, but Obama has to get better at this.
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Certainly nobody seems to know that Richard(?) Reid, the 'shoe bomber,' was tried in federal court and is in a federal supermax in Colorado. and, guess, what? the nation hasn't been obliterated by us following the rule of law. Totally agree, Dave, that they are losing the messaging battle is shocking.
Seemingly B.O. is self aware enough of these problems to have reached back out to Plouffe? Thing is, Plouffe and the Obama campaign had a huge "no assholes" policy (for real). Rahm is the definition of a-hole. Something has got to give.
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