Under Legal Duress

What an insidious and strange phenomenon it is that Jews will fall all over themselves to prove to themselves, to the world at large, to the societies they inhabit, and most particularly, to those elements in society which seek their downfall, that they are neutral and just. That they do not take personally the hatred extended toward all those whose "tribe" they represent.

It's one of those little mysteries of the human psyche and human behaviour. Like the atrocious propensity for a certain type of female to be attracted to males clearly exhibiting misogynistic signals. Like the moth drawn irresistibly to the flame that will most surely consume it's corporeal essence.

Like the well documented, deplorable, but very real situations where men who have built a reputation of committing the most repugnant crimes against women will nonetheless be able to attract the devout attention of other women who will support them, while they're incarcerated for those unspeakable crimes.

Here's the case of Momin Khawaja, arrested as a terror suspect in Ottawa, four years ago. He is recognized as being a threat to national security, was in deep cahoots with a group of other terror suspects in Great Britain, had attended terrorist training camps, and the government is in possession of incriminating evidence against him.

Not the least of which is additional evidence brought forward at the trial of his co-conspirators in Great Britain. Much of which did not remain a mystery to Canadians. Revelations of the conspiracy and Momin Khawaja's committed part in a plan to remotely set off bombs in popular London night spots where the outcome would be gruesomely expansive were well reported locally.

All of his companions in would-be carnage were found guilty, and are serving their sentences in British jails. Mr. Khawaja is still awaiting trial in Canada. This man and his colleagues were planning mass murder. They were intent on bloody jihad. Momin Khawaja's father, Mahboob, claims the innocence of his son. His own web site was replete with hatred against Jews. Yet it is a Jewish lawyer who defends him.

And another Jewish lawyer who has agreed to act as a special representative to assist as an intermediary between the Crown and the suspect. Documents representing Khawaja evidence, some several hundred pages in number attest to his guilt. On the basis of additional evidence newly introduced, he was taken out of the general prison population and placed in isolation - on the pretext that his newly-diagnosed medical condition required he be closely monitored.

His lawyer describes Mr. Khawaja as being "very upset and surprised" at having been placed in isolation. According to his lawyer "He hasn't done anything to warrant it." There are many who might beg to differ. One can only imagine how "upset and surprised" the potential victims of the bombings that he and his co-conspirators, had their plotting been successful, might have been at their unfortunate fates.

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused the second attempt to have terrorism charges set aside. Momin Khawaja faces seven terror-related charges. Information revealed at the trials of those accused of conspiring to murder as many Britons as they might feverishly manage, appears to have implicated him beyond redemption.

In the face of which, the puzzle of what exactly it represents that two esteemed Jewish lawyers have chosen to buffer this man against the criminal justice system remains a mystery.