News: Poor Charlie Rangel, the TSA Blues, All Show and No Trial

One of these is Charlie Rangel.

Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) whines in his ethics hearing about not having a lawyer and walks out. Video here (not embeddable at this writing).
Transcript excerpt via CSPAN, its entirety at the above link. Speaker identification by me.:

Unidentified Speaker
IF I MAY INTERRUPT, MR. RANGEL, JUST TO CLARIFY THIS. THERE IS -- WE WERE NOTICED, AS WERE YOU, OF THIS MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT... 

Unidentified Speaker (Rangel)
I APPRECIATE THE -- WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE RIGHT FOR ME TO HAVE A LAWYER?
Unidentified Speaker


YOU MAY HIRE WHOEVER YOU WISH AS A LAWYER. THAT IS UP TO YOU. 

Unidentified Speaker (Rangel)
WELL, ALL I'M -- YOU'VE SEEN THE RECORD. $2 MILLION ALREADY. AND I'VE BEEN ADVISED THIS HEARING COULD COST ME ANOTHER MILLION. YOU'VE OFFERED ME THE OPPORTUNITY...  

Unidentified Speaker
THANK YOU --

Unidentified Speaker (Rangel)
-- OBJECT TO JUST THE PROCEDURE. I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL A WEEK AGO THAT THIS 80 PAGE WOULD BE THE WAY YOU INTENDED TO JUDGE MY CONDUCT. A WEEK AGO. SO I...

Unidentified Speaker
IF YOU -- IF I MAY, MR. RANGEL, IF YOU COULD BE SEATED, THE -- FOR CLARIFICATION, THE RESPONDENT HAS INQUIRED OF THE COMMITTEE WHETHER A FUND COULD BE...

Unidentified Speaker (Rangel)
ALL I ASK -- I AGREE WITH YOU 100%, MADAME CHAIR. ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS THE TIME TO GET COUNSEL. I HAVE LAWYERS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., AND NEW YORK WHO...

Unidentified Speaker
I GATHER THAT YOU DO NOT OBJECT TO THE ADMISSION OF THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN PROFFERED BY COMMITTEE COUNSEL AND THEREFORE --

Unidentified Speaker (Rangel)
I OBJECT TO THE PROCEEDING, AND I, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SINCE I DON'T HAVE COUNSEL TO ADVISE ME, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF FROM THESE PROCEEDINGS...

Unidentified Speaker
MADAME CHAIR, BEFORE THE RESPONDENT LEAVES MAY I ASK THE CHAIR AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION?

Unidentified Speaker
CERTAINLY.

Unidentified Speaker
EVEN THOUGH THE RESPONDENT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING, I DEEM HIS COMMENTS TO BE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. AND I WOULD LIKE...  

Unidentified Speaker
THAT IS A REQUEST BY ONE MEMBER TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE, WELL, YOUR MOTION TO --

Unidentified Speaker
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE MATTER.

Unidentified Speaker
TO CONTINUE THE MATTER.

Unidentified Speaker
SESSION. WE TAKE IT UP IN EXECUTIVE

Unidentified Speaker
WE WILL GO INTO OUR CLOSED SESSION AND HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION AND THEN WE WILL RETURN.

Unidentified Speaker
WAS THERE A SECOND --

Unidentified Speaker
YES, THERE WAS.

Unidentified Speaker
MOTION. THERE WAS A SECOND TO THE ALL RIGHT.

The gentleman later left the chamber, walking out on his own hearing.  Sorry Charlie, not original.  Howard Hughes did the same thing long before you, although you may have been representing Harlem then, and he knew enough to bring a lawyer. I find it amazing that he fired his legal team a few days ago and now claims he is being denied legal representation.  No free lawyers offering their services to you Chuck?

Janet Nepolitano tells passengers to just lay back and enjoy it.  The TSA person will touch you where and how they like.  Just be patient, it will be over when the highly trained agent is satisfied.  I do not object if this was a requirement by the property owners for people getting onto their property.  I object that the government is engaging in security theater, with our tax dollars, to 'overly protect' owners of expensive aircraft.
For your pleasure, I give you the "If you touch my junk . . . " video:

Terrorists like KSM are sometimes known to dress as women.

The Show Trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed will not be televised.  It will not even be happening soon.  After Eric Holder, famous defender of terrorists and now the US Attorney General, insisted on having a show trial for KSM in Manhattan it is now being delayed indefinitely.

"The administration has concluded that it cannot put Mohammed on trial in federal court because of the opposition of lawmakers in Congress and in New York. There is also little internal support for resurrecting a military prosecution at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The latter option would alienate liberal supporters.

The administration asserts that it can hold Mohammed and other al-Qaeda operatives under the laws of war, a principle that has been upheld by the courts when Guantanamo Bay detainees have challenged their detention."

Why even go through the show of saying you are going to have a trial, then saying even if found not guilty KSM can still be held in jail.  In this story I am amazed again.  This time with this administration admitting that their approach to this terrorist is entirely political.  That has been their and the Clinton administration approach to terrorism the whole time.

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