Winning the War

NEW YORK–If you remember Zacarias Moussaoui, it’s because we brought you his trial every day for weeks back in 2006. And I hope you were watching. Because that may be the last time a suspected terrorist gets the full panoply of rights we are supposed to give criminal defendants in this country.

Starting today, with this man, our government plans to try accused terrorists in special tribunals, without those rights. And that may sound ok at first. And I get it.

I grew up in the shadow of the World Trade Center. My parents still live down there. We haven't yet recovered as a family, as a neighborhood, or as a nation. So, I don't really care all that much about Salim Hamdan. But I do care about the Constitution. And we are slowly erasing the Bill of Rights in this so called war on terror. If we're not careful, we will wake up one day to find we've simply handed our democracy over to those who would see America destroyed. On that day, the terrorists will have won.

And that's the Last Word.

–Jami Floyd, In Session anchor