Brent Marks Legal Thriller Series: Box Set One by Eade Kenneth

Author:Eade, Kenneth [Eade, Kenneth]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Times Square Publishing
Published: 2015-08-09T16:00:00+00:00

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The trial skills of Timothy Nagel were undeniable as he gave his opening statement.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, I agree with Mr. Marks on one point and one point only: We live in very trying times. The War on Terror is perhaps the most difficult war we have ever waged. But it is a war, and in a war, we can’t pretend that it is business as usual and that no one is going to get hurt.

“Nobody wants war, but when the United States was attacked, our president had no choice but to defend each and every one of you. Our Congress authorized the president to use military force, to seek out and find the perpetrators of this heinous crime and to bring them to justice.

“No war comes without a change in the way things are done. In order for the military to do their job, they have to do things that none of us would ever do. They have to seek out and kill the enemy. As the president said, “It is either us, or them.” We have seen, in this enemy, unspeakable evil: To wage war against innocent men, women and children, not in the battlefield, but in our homes and our offices. This cannot be tolerated.

“In such cases of battling terrible evil, we all have to make sacrifices for the common good. My able opponent has made use of the quotations of great men in his opening remarks. It was Winston Churchill who also said, “Never, never, believe that any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.” Dwight Eisenhower said, “We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.” This is an inevitable fact of human existence.

“The enemy of the War on Terror is al Qaeda. My opponent will point out that al Qaeda is not a country, but, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is an organized enemy force nonetheless. Al Qaeda has aligned itself with an enemy government of a foreign nation. The United States Congress gave the authority to our president to seek out al Qaeda and bring its members, as well as the nations harboring them, to justice, such as the Taliban.

“This authorization gives the president the right to detain anyone suspected of being an al Qaeda operative, and the evidence will show that there was overwhelming reason to believe that was the case with Mr. Khury. In such trying times of fighting such enduring enemies of evil, military commissions have been called into play to dispense justice. Just as the war criminals of the Nazi regime were captured, held and tried by military commissions, so is the process that has been set up to handle the terrorists who seek to destroy our way of life.”

Brent carefully watched the jury as Nagel gave his speech. They seemed every bit as fascinated with his presentation as they were with Brent’s, if not more so.

“As the judge

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