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Verdict raises hackles over trying terror suspects in civilian courts
http://www.washingtontimes.com/n…
The commander of the USS Cole when it was attacked by al Qaeda terrorists in 2000 said the verdict against Ghailani - found guilty on only one of 285 counts - represented "a mockery of justice and is further proof that civilian trials for enemy combatants is a foolish and misguided strategy."
"Once again, under the watch of the Obama administration, justice is being sacrificed at the altar of political expediency," Kirk S. Lippold said. "The families of those killed by the terrorists have been re-victimized by Attorney General [Eric H. Holder Jr.s] decision to use the federal court system to prosecute terrorists."
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Now if you or one of your brothers or sisters were on the USS Cole, how the fuck would you feel right now?
- We wouldn't be in this position if the Bush Administration hadn't instituted a torture policy. We can't magically ignore the repercussions of their policies and it's effects on the prosecution of these combatants.IRNlun6
- ... repercussions of their policies and it's effects on the prosecution of these combatants.IRNlun6
- Any information gathered from coercive interrogation and lack of evidence, also doesn't hold up in a military tribunal. Hence the lack of prosecutions in the remaining detainees.IRNlun6
- ... the lack of prosecutions in the remaning detainees.IRNlun6
- pass the buck********