9/11 capital cases compare to Nazi war trials

U.S. diplomats seek to quiet international criticism, say 9/11 capital cases compare to Nazi war trials in form and objective

Charley Keyes with CNN News reported Wednesday, Feb. 13, on a memo sent to U.S. embassies worldwide with Q-and-A talking points for diplomats dealing with anticipated criticism of prosecutors seeking death penalties against six 9/11 terrorism defendants.

The diplomats are urged to respond to foreign media requests using the memo, with talking point number one: “The most serious war criminals sentenced at Nuremberg were executed.”

U.S. military prosecutors confirmed this week they will seek the death penalty against the 9/11 six, and conduct the trial in the military court system.

A memo sent to U.S. embassies around the world sets out questions and answers about the trials and the death penalty.

CNN received a copy of the memo, first reported on by The Associated Press.

One portion of the memo reads: "Doesn't the application of the death penalty to these defendants violate international law?"

The answer: "No. International humanitarian law contemplates the use of the death penalty for serious violations of the laws of war. The most serious war criminals sentenced at Nuremberg were executed for their actions" at the end of World War II.

The memo says U.S. diplomats should draw from the points in the memo "in responding to foreign government and media requests."

"The United States abides by its international commitments regarding torture," it says.

"Torture is prohibited under U.S. law and is abhorrent to American values. No evidence obtained through torture is admissible in trial by military commission."

The allegation is these men are admitted enemies of the U.S. – to the extent they used terrorist methods of mass assassination against civilians, and did so without a national declaration of war.

The war crimes application is rather obvious, and the gravity of the situation would only be helped by a public hanging if guilty – what better place than under the shadow of the Pentagon 9/11 memorial?

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