Could KSM seek asylum if 'that trial thing' doesn't work out for some reason?

(You mean like a single moonbat juror holdout or maybe an anti-death penalty nut or something like that?)

That's what several US Senators want to know. Dinah would too.

From the NY Daily News

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee today are demanding to know the immigration status of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other 9/11 plotters, should they be brought to the United States to stand trial.

Their fear is that KSM and his henchmen might seek asylum under immigration laws, setting all kinds of worrisome precedents.

“As you can imagine, even if they are not ultimately eligible for relief, terrorist detainees may seek legal rights under our immigration laws or assert such rights in federal court, thereby setting a precedent that could have grave consequences for the American public,” they write in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. “These consequences should weigh heavily in any decision President Obama and the administration make about transfer of these detainees to the United States.”

So, in this scenario, these characters who would be brought here to face a death penalty trial, also would ask the United States for asylum here. Uh oh. What if they can buy insurance under the Senate health reform bill? Hmmm…

The letter can be found here.