Jose Padilla Jurors *Aren't Sure Who Was Responsible For 9/11*

It has come to this.

They're not yet empanelled on the actual jury -- but they're in the pool of potential jurors.

A significant number of potential jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism support case say they aren't sure who is responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, many because they don't trust the news media or U.S. government pronouncements.

"There are too many ifs, too many things going on," one male juror said. "I don't know the whole story."

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To be sure, most jurors without a Sept. 11 opinion are aware that the attacks have been blamed on terrorists of some sort. But many seem unwilling to believe the conclusion reached by the national Sept. 11 Commission and the Bush administration, widely reported by news media, that blames al-Qaida and its leader, Osama bin Laden.

One female juror agreed that was a "general public consensus" but still held out skepticism.

If Padilla gets off not because of insufficient evidence but because of OJ Jurors who are determined to acquit because they believe in fantastical conspiracy theroies, the blame can be laid at the feet of John Kerry, Howard Dean, Michael Moore and the rest of the crew pandering to conspiracy schizophrenics.

They've had chances to repudiate these lunacies. Instead, they've encouraged them. And if a terrorist goes free because of their shameless, craven pandering, then they will not merely have acted to undermine national security generally, but will be guilty of affirmatively acting to set a dangerous terrorist free to kill.

posted by Ace at 05:41 PM

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