Judge Bars Key Witness from Gitmo Detainee's Trial

[Taylor]

NEW YORK – The judge in the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee barred the prosecution's star witness Wednesday from testifying, dealing a major setback to the government's effort to build criminal cases with evidence obtained through harsh CIA interrogations overseas . . .

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I'm not upset at the Court or prosecution--I think that (a) he should pay for his crimes and (b) the Constitution should be upheld. I'm angry at the CIA, who botched the case through harsh interrogation techniques. What a shame.

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

You DO realize ... your a&b >would have been satisfied<
IF
The detainee had been tried by the military tribunal ?

doh!

The follow on muffup (re: your a&b)
will be due to the transnational mind set of the current Executive administration.

/end comment

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[simonovsk]

Well, do you both realize this wouldn't be happening if the whole Guantanamo thing hadn't be put in place to start with?

There were a thousand more sensible ways to deal with war prisoners.

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

Well, do you both realize this wouldn't be happening if the whole Guantanamo thing hadn't be put in place to start with?

There were a thousand more sensible ways to deal with war prisoners.

/False

Military Tribunals are Perfectly Constitutional by John C. Eastman

Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

name ten ...

 

[simonovsk]

- Military tribunals may be fine, but confining and torturing untried prisonners isn't, never has been, never will be.

- Any act passed after 2001 if of course biased.

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

- Military tribunals may be fine, but confining and torturing untried prisonners isn't, never has been, never will be.

- Any act passed after 2001 if of course biased.

That is an incredibly naive "counter" statement

*tsk*

couldn't even manage ONE "better way"


you are dismissed.

 

[simonovsk]

Shut up Fayled, you only qualify to talk about explosive diarrhea and vomitting.

 

[Taylor]

Follow-Up: Ahmed Ghailani acquitted of all but one charge in embassy bombing trial.

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

NEW YORK – The judge in the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee barred the prosecution's star witness Wednesday from testifying, dealing a major setback to the government's effort to build criminal cases with evidence obtained through harsh CIA interrogations overseas . . .

Read more.

I'm not upset at the Court or prosecution--I think that (a) he should pay for his crimes and (b) the Constitution should be upheld. I'm angry at the CIA, who botched the case through harsh interrogation techniques. What a shame.

Follow-Up: Ahmed Ghailani acquitted of all but one charge in embassy bombing trial.

*ahem*
You DO realize ... your a&b >would have been satisfied<
IF
The detainee had been tried by the military tribunal ?

"It shows how totally wrong the Obama administration is to bring a case like this to civilian court," he said.
"He was acquitted of 224 counts of murder."
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Holder replied: "Failure is not an option. These are cases that have to be won. I don't expect that we will have a contrary result."
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[Taylor]

Holder can't be a very happy guy atm. His decision to bring the case to federal court was a bad one.