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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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"Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Al Qaeda big shot involved in planning the 9/11 atrocities, is perhaps the biggest terrorist ever captured by America. For the past three years, Mohammed has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, where he should have been tried in front of a military tribunal. The man is a war criminal who killed thousands of civilians, and it's hard to believe the Obama administration doesn't understand that. So now Mohammed will be tried in a New York civilian court, and Attorney General Eric Holder says he is 'quite confident' of a successful prosecution. Talking Points believes Mohammed will not be on trial - waterboarding and the CIA will be on trial. The exposition is likely to be a fiasco that will take years and cost tens of millions of dollars. President Obama should explain this thoroughly; instead, the announcement is made while he is in Asia. Why didn't he wait until he got back? Because this is indefensible."
The Factor welcomed former Bush advisor Karl Rove, who condemned the Justice Department's decision. "This will be an unmitigated disaster for the security of the United States," Rove declared. "Civilian courts have rules designed for conventional crimes committed by conventional criminals. They're going to claim outrageous treatment and lie about it, and they will attack America throughout this episode, which will serve to recruit additional jihadists. The president and his sanctimonious attorney general did this on a Friday afternoon because it is a cowardly act that is not in the interest of the United States." The Factor reminded Rove that he may also be a target: "Some people believe Holder wants to put you and the Bush administration on trial, that this is a political play to embarrass the Bush administration.
For an opposing view of the Mohammed decision, The Factor was joined by Democratic Congressmen Anthony Weiner and Joe Sestak. "The more open this trial is, the better," Weiner asserted. "This terrorist is finally going to be put on trial right here where he did his crime, and we're going to get the chance to show off the criminal justice system of the United States. We have the best system and the best prosecutors in the world. I want this guy put to death." Sestak agreed that civilian courts are fully capable of handling the case. "This is about justice. These men took down people and our court systems are strong enough to do this. But The Factor reiterated that Khalid Sheikh Mohammad will use the trial as a platform: "His lawyers are going to make this trial about the CIA and the Bush administration. Every circus element of the trial will be front page news in Arabic newspapers around the world. |
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| The Factor asked Col. Doug Burpee, a Muslim and a former Marine officer, whether Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan should be characterized as a Muslim terrorist. "He is a terrorist of the worst kind," Burpee replied, "but I don't like the idea of using the word 'Muslim' as part of that. It gives credibility to the whack jobs of the world who have twisted some ideological aspect and have created a whole new religion. My community is deeply saddened by what has happened." Burpee, who converted from Christianity, said his Islamic faith was not a barrier in the Marine Corps. "It never held me back at all. After 9/11, we were called back to service and no one questioned my loyalty." The Factor explained why Hasan's Muslim faith needs to be mentioned: "Terrorism in the world is almost 100% driven by Islamic fanatics, so we must emphasize that that's where the danger is coming from. To not report that is dishonest. |
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D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad, who killed ten people around Washington in 2002, was put to death in Virginia this week. Geraldo Rivera argued that Muhammad, a Muslim convert, should also be considered an Islamic terrorist. "He certainly is a terrorist," Rivera said. "And according to his accomplice, Muhammad used the word 'jihad,' and his motive was to extort millions of dollars so he could take homeless children to Canada, where he would train them to be Islamic extremists." Rivera and The Factor then engaged in a heated debate about the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court.Rivera: "Khalid Sheikh Mohammad will be justly brought to the scene of his horrible crime and convicted."
O'Reilly: "You're going to have a circus trial here where waterboarding, the CIA, and the Bush administration will be on trial. You know how much pain the 9/11 families are going to feel."
Rivera: "Justice will be done where it deserves to be done - in the shadow of the buildings they brought down."
O'Reilly: "Would you have brought Hermann Goering from Berlin to New York City to try him after World War II?"
Rivera: "Yes. I would have loved to see him stand before the relatives of those Jewish people and the other people he massacred."
O'Reilly: "That's crazy!" |
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| The Factor asked Fox News anchor Glenn Beck to grade the president's handling of the Fort Hood atrocities. "As a politician he gets a 'B,'" Beck said. "But I think the man is in constant campaign mode, and I can't get past when he was giving a speech to Native Americans and it took him three minutes to get to the tragedy. There's just something wrong here, and I don't think he holds our armed forces in the same regard as many Americans." Beck also announced the upcoming "Bold & Fresh Tour," featuring Beck and O'Reilly on the same stage. "I'm going to get you all revved up, then Bill's going to come out and get you all revved up, and then we're coming out together and we'll go at it. I finally get to ask him the questions." The Bold Fresh Tour will stop in Tampa, FL, Charleston, SC, Norfolk, VA, and Long Island. More information is available at BoldFreshTour.com, but there is still no word as to who is Bold and who is Fresh. |
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| Fox News anchors Greg Gutfeld and Juliet Huddy singled out Roland Emmerich, director of the upcoming disaster movie "2012," as the week's dumbest person. "In this movie," Gutfeld said, "Emmerich destroys every holy site he can think of, but he leaves the Islamic sites out of it. They realized that if they destroyed a Muslim site, they probably would have been killed. They're cowards." Huddy accused Hollywood lefties of being relentlessly P.C. "The Army is reeling from a bad case of political correctness, and now the bastion of liberalism - a.k.a. Hollywood - is scared to do anything that's possibly offensive." The Factor's pick as the dumbest idea is the Japanese law mandating that overweight workers undergo counseling. |
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| Friday's Patriot: Sarah Palin, who expressed her willingness to forgive Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's child. And the Pinheads: Richard and Mayumi Heene, who pleaded guilty to charges related to last month's "balloon boy" episode. |
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Angela Schultz, San Jose, CA: "The media's failure to designate Hasan as a terrorist has nothing to do with offending liberal sensibilities. They are protecting President Obama because this was a terrorist attack on American soil."
Chief David Ruckdeschel, Pearl Harbor, HI: "Mr. O, Hasan is not a terrorist, he's a traitor. He opened fire on fellow soldiers. That's as bad as it gets."
Annette Wale, Wellington, New Zealand: "The more I hear about the upcoming trial of Hasan, the more I fear it will turn into another O.J. Simpson fiasco."
Paul Lyngso, Chicago, IL: "Bill, you stated the Swedes gave the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama. It was the Norwegians." |
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