GRANGER: PROSECUTION OF TERRORISTS RESPONSIBILITY OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS

Washington, DC- Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12) released the following statement after co-sponsoring legislation to prohibit the prosecution of terrorists by the Department of Justice and signing a discharge petition to move H.R. 2294, the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act, out of committee for a vote on the floor:

“The prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on American soil sets a dangerous precedent by granting an admitted terrorist Constitutional rights, permitting a message of terror to be widely distributed through extensive media coverage, potentially allowing U.S. intelligence to be used and scrutinized by the defense, and creating additional security concerns for a city that has already experienced absolute horror as a result of the defendant’s actions. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is an enemy of war, not a common criminal. The only way to keep Americans safe and to ensure justice is to try non-citizen terrorists in military commissions.”