Charging of Plane Bombing Suspect Highlights Obama’s Inconsistencies

The Obama administration’s decision to try the Nigerian man suspected of attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas as an ordinary civilian criminal rather than as an “unprivileged enemy belligerent” in a military commission, as the 9/11 hijackers initially were, highlights the inconsistent approach taken by both More…

Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Unlikely to Get Death Penalty

Crimes that occur on military bases are usually heard in the military justice system. But while that may sound harsher than a civilian court, the sentences usually turn out to be more lenient.

The result is that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly gunned down 13 people at More…