Diver’s killer set free in Lebanon

The Cheif was afraid of this in yesterday’s post.

U.S. officials yesterday said the killer of a U.S. Navy diver had been released from “temporary custody” in Lebanon but refused to rule out bringing him to the United States by force.

Time to send in the C.T.U. and Jack Bauer! Heh heh heh!

“What I can assure anybody who’s listening, including Mr. Hamadi, is that we will track him down, we will find him, and we will bring him to justice in the United States for what he’s done,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

Condi’s State Department has discovered that it has a spine!

Mr. McCormack and other U.S. officials would not rule out using force to achieve their goal if diplomacy fails. They cited past cases of foreigners who were forcefully brought to the United States to stand trial.
“We saw that with the person responsible for the murder of an American citizen, Mr. Klinghoffer,” Mr. McCormack said on Tuesday in reference to Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled New Yorker who was shot in his wheelchair on a cruise ship in 1985 and thrown overboard while still alive.
“We tracked that person down and we brought them to justice in the United States,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how long it takes, but we will track them down and they will face justice in the United States.”

One can only hope so!