As far as Michelle Shephard goes; given that she has written a book about the case, I am going to assume that she has good, unfettered access to the Khadr family in Ontario, and that when it suits his lawyers, she has access to them too, probably more than any other journalist. Having said that, I think it is pretty safe to assume that there were pre-conditions to her getting that kind of access, one of which would have been to tell the story she is telling now, and in her book so that it shows that Khadr is being railroaded, and to you know, paint him in a light that draws sympathy. That’s why she is so biased I think.

As for how anybody could misconstrue what Eric Holder said is totally beyond me. Even if you read between the lines, there is no way you could misinterpret what Holder was saying, that Omar was going to face justice, and if after facing justice he can be repatriated, the Americans will look at that. I don’t know, maybe the Americans are open to letting Omar serve out any prison time he is given if he is found guilty, in Canada.

Now about those charges. There is little doubt in my mind that he is going to be found guilty of the terrorism charges he faces, that video of him smiling away while making bombs the most damning piece of evidence against, but I don’t think he is going to do anymore time than he will have done by the time he is found guilty of that charge. As for the first-degree murder charge, that’s a tough one, but I think there might be enough evidence against him to convict him on that too if my gut is right about there being “other witnesses” and heavier evidence against him, the kind of evidence that military prosecutors are keeping close to their vest.

Omar’s supporters are in for a very rude awakening I think when this trial actually starts to move forward, and at the end of the day there is little doubt in my mind that justice will be served. There is nothing his supporters, not even journalists, can do to change what the U.S. has in store for Omar, and there is no way the he is just going to walk out of Guantanamo and into Canada.

What people aren’t understanding (in my opinion anyway) is that whatever the Supreme Court of Canada rules, the federal government, at least until the Liberals get back into office (lol, I crack myself up sometimes), aren’t going to, and don’t have to, do shit for Omar. They can heed the court’s ruling, but at the end of the day they don’t have to do anything more than try to repatriate him, and they don’t have to try hard at it as long as they look like they are trying. Furthermore, its not like the feds can force the U.S. into repatriating Omar if the Supreme Court orders it to do so anyway.

The Supreme Court action, to me anyway, is nothing more than a token gesture, lip service to shut people up about it. Does that make sense?