Matt Hoy at Hoystory.com [1] notes that Lynne Stewart has been convicted. You rememer her… she’s the lawyer for that blind sheik,Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of plotting to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Stewart possibly faces 20 years in prison, after being convicted on charges that include Fraud, Conspiracy, amd giving material support to terrorists.
Prosecutors made the case… with some success, apparently… that Stewart carried messages between Rahman and his merry wandering band of terrorists, including his call on all Muslims to kill those who did not subscribe to his extremist brand of Islam law.
CNN passes along [2]a meaningful quote:
“But she also testified that she believed violence was sometimes necessary to achieve justice: “To rid ourselves of the entrenched, voracious type of capitalism that is in this country that perpetuates sexism and racism, I don’t think that can come nonviolently.”
So clearly she will not repent from calling for violence on the US.
Well, she’s right about one thing. Justice can, indeed. be served by violence, and I think it should be brought to bear in this case. Publicly.
After all Treason [3] is still a hanging offense. 20 years is too little. Charges of treason should be brought, and the woman needs to be made somewhat taller. (Make no mistake, I am not calling for vigilante type stuff on this… not at all.. for many reasons, inclduing the idea that all that does is make a martyr. we need to do this inside the law.)Given the definition, of treason I’ve linked, it would appear she’s guilty of all that and more. Sadly, I doubt we have the national will to deal with this traitor as such, on a legal basis, and that’s where this needs be pursued.
She does have some self-rightious rambling on Blogspot [4]. Might wanna grab it before someone gets the bright idea of taking it down. Far as I can see, all it does is confirm my take on her.
Update and Bump: Powerline [5] has a good read on this topic.