Globe and Mail: WWJD? Conservative Christian is Omar Khadr's last line of defence in terror trial

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OMAR EL AKKAD

July 19, 2008

OTTAWA -- It wasn't too long ago that Bill Kuebler was as Red State as they come: a family man, a born-again Christian, a successful business lawyer, a political conservative with an unblemished record of voting Republican.

Today, the 37-year-old Navy lawyer is still as committed a Christian as ever, but he spends his time fiercely defending an alleged radical Muslim murderer - Canadian Omar Khadr.

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In the process, he has sometimes incurred Washington's wrath. He has also caused Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative government much discomfort.

But the man who has fought so fiercely for Mr. Khadr's defence simply predicates his actions on the question: What would Jesus do?

"Jesus was reputed to associate with the unpopular people - the sinners and the outcasts of his time," Lt.-Cmdr. Kuebler said in an interview from his Washington office.

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(I wonder when the last time was that Harper ever made a decision based on what his purported Lord and Saviour would do.)