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Guess who’s aligned with social conservatives? The mastermind of 9-11 himself, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed:

As the judge questioned him about whether he was satisfied with the U.S. military lawyer appointed to defend him, Mohammed stood and began to sing in Arabic, cheerfully pausing to translate his own words into English.

“My shield is Allah most high,” he said, adding that his religion forbade him from accepting a lawyer from the United States and that he wanted to act as his own attorney.

He criticized the United States for fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, waging what he called “a crusader war,” and enacting “evil laws” including those authorizing same-sex marriages.

This was obviously high entertainment. And the authorities knew full well that it was going to be. That’s why they issued tickets for the performance. But spectators didn’t quite get their money’s worth. Prissy, tight-assed censors cut out the juicy bits:

Binalshibh, whom the lawyers said was receiving psychotropic medication, wore leg chains bolted to the floor but the rest of the accused were unshackled in the courtroom.

A security officer cut the audio feed to the spectators’ section when he described the reason for the medicine, and again when another defendant discussed his capture.

Perhaps Khalid Sheikh Mohammed approves of censorship, too?