DISGRACEFUL – AT 10:12 A.M. ET:  Do the embarrassments of this administration ever end?  The great Ed Lasky at American Thinker alerts us to a WaPo report on the latest weirdness from Obama's Department of Maybe Justice, Maybe Not:

The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.

The decision at least temporarily scuttles what was supposed to be the signature trial of a major al-Qaeda figure under a reformed system of military commissions. And it comes practically on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attack, which killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens when a boat packed with explosives ripped a hole in the side of the warship in the port of Aden.

This must make the families feel just great.  But, given this administration's sensitivity to the grief of those who've suffered in the war on terror, why should Washington care?

"It's politics at this point," said one military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss policy. He said he thinks the administration does not want to proceed against a high-value detainee without some prospect of civilian trials for other major figures at Guantanamo Bay.

A White House official disputed that.

Whom do you believe, the military official or the White House guy?  I've made my choice.

"After 10 years, it seems like nobody really cares," said Gloria Clodfelter, whose 21-year-old son, Kenneth, was killed on the Cole.

Welcome to the cold world of Washington, ma'am.  Maybe you can join with the 9-11 mourners, who are seeing a mosque go up at Ground Zero with the full support of the president of the United States.

What's wrong with this administration?  Does the word "everything" come to mind?

August 27, 2010