Admissions against interests

Reuters/NY Times:

Two accused September 11 plotters boasted of their guilt on Monday when the Guantanamo war crimes court convened in a chaotic final session before the United States inaugurates a new president widely expected to halt the proceedings.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the September 11 hijacked plane plot, tried unsuccessfully to banish U.S. military lawyers from his defense table in the courtroom at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and complained when the judge tried to limit his comments.

"This is terrorism, not court. You don't give us opportunity to talk," Mohammed told the judge, Army Col. Stephen Henley.

Mohammed, who could face execution if convicted, objected when a prosecutor characterized the charges against him and four co-defendants as the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children.

But he later told the court, "We don't care about the capital punishment ... we are doing jihad for the cause of God."

Defendant Ramzi Binalshibh, whose mental competency is the subject of an ongoing challenge, told the court: "We did what we did and we are proud of this. We are proud of 9-11."

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They should let them plead guilty. That is adequate due process. It happens everyday in courts in the US. The liberal lawfare mavens are screwing up the justice system to protect the mass murderers for Allah.