Because it sure looks like he’s auditioning for the role.
On CNN this afternoon, Wolf Blitzer really antagonized Col. John Galligan (Ret.), the civilian attorney of suspected Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, demanding that Galligan explain how he could “represent someone accused of mass murder.”
Some days I find it amazing that the U.S. has lasted so long, given the fact that every time tragedy strikes people are ready to toss out the Constitution. Hasan’s day in court is more about us, about who we are as a nation, then about him. And Wolf Blitzer knows it, which makes his statement sensationalism for sensationalism sake. CNN had better find an identity soon. Their midlife crisis has become painful to watch.
Good thing Col. Galligan understands what we stand for. He took on Wolf and won.
I fully appreciate the importance of ensuring that everybody has a fair trial. The rights that I’m asking be accorded to Major Hasan are the rights that service members live and die for.
Galligan: 1 bazillion, Blitzer: nothing.
At this point, Blitzer should have backed down, instead he went all Lou Dobbs:
“I’m sure he will get a much fairer hearing than those 13 Americans who were brutally gunned down the other day. I’m sure he will get all of the rights that are applied by the military code of justice.”
WTF? Talk about a petulant, childish comeback designed to achieve nothing. And Galligan calls him out for the win.
“The difficulty that I have, of course, is when people end discussions with me with references like the one that you just made.”
Here, here, Col. Galligan.