This is good news, but I doubt it’ll ameliorate Lindsey Graham’s hysterical blindness:
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday said emphatically that Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be prosecuted in a civilian court, rebuffing Republicans like Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who have argued that he should be treated as an enemy combatant.
That won’t happen, Carney said at an afternoon press briefing.
“He will not be treated as an enemy combatant,” Carney said. “We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice. Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot be tried in military commissions.”
The 19-year-old Tsarnaev became a U.S. citizen on Sept. 11, 2012.