Posted on 02/26/2009 2:42:28 PM PST by americanophile
WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors plan to move an alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent out of a Navy brig in South Carolina and send him to federal court in Illinois to face trial.
Two people familiar with the case of Qatar native Ali al-Marri said Thursday the government plans to transfer him to the civilian court system. The two people spoke on condition of anonymity because it's a pending criminal case.
The transfer could avert a Supreme Court hearing in April and a subsequent ruling that would govern other cases against accused terrorists. To justify holding al-Marri, the Bush administration claimed the president has the wartime authority to send the military into any U.S. neighborhood, capture a citizen and hold him in prison without charge, indefinitely.
One of the people familiar with the al-Marri case said prosecutors plan to charge al-Marri with providing material support to terrorists, a charge similar to what he would have faced if tried by a military tribunal.
Putting al-Marri into the federal court system follows a similar move made by the Bush administration with another enemy combatant, Jose Padilla. Padilla, once held at the same brig as al-Marri, was eventually convicted of terror-related charges in federal court in Florida.
The decision on al-Marri was reported separately Thursday by the Web sites of The Washington Post and The New Yorker magazine.
Al-Marri was the subject of one of President Barack Obama's first official acts, signing an executive order for "a prompt and thorough" review of al-Marri's continued detention.
Now, according to those familiar with the case, that review has resulted in a decision to put him back into the civilian court system.
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Naturally!!! NObama’s lawyer buddies get to drain more $$$$ from the U S Treasury.
Chicago moves up on the on the terrorist strike list!
Illinois....outside of D.C., isn’t that today’s hotbed of corruption?
Bingo! We have a winner!
The Saudi money connection is old in Obozo’s past.
Watch and wait, we may have some more real surprises.
I sense the American resolve stiffening, he may also get some surprises. You can only tease the Dragon’s tail so long before you provoke a response. It may be hotter than he likes.
After searching al-Marri's computer, folders were found labeled "jihad arena" and "chem," which (according to the government) contained information on hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous gas produced in large quantities by several industrial processes in the U.S. and listed amongst chemical warfare agents that cause general poisoning,[2] along with lectures by Osama bin Laden and links to Web sites related to weaponry and satellite equipment.[3] Al-Marri's initial charges were dropped when President Bush classified him as an unlawful combatant in 2003. Unlike other foreigners, al-Marri was not transported to the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp but was instead transferred to Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston in South Carolina. [4]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Saleh_Kahlah_al-Marri
They’ll probably end up electing him Governor.
Simple solution: If he wasn’t Mirandized, kick him loose. Afterall, our constitution is clear on a citizen’s rights, isn’t it? </sarc>
His son is still in prison, but I am sure one day he will be here again also.
But Taj Khan, who was just appointed to the Delta College Board in Stockton, was quoted in the Lodi News Sentinel after 911 "We just have to understand what motivated them to do it."
To me there is no excuse they can give me that will make me understand their perverted thinking. But Taj got the coveted college board spot over many more qualified applicants. He is always running for city office, but we have not yet elected him, so he just finds a bunch of bleeding heart liberals to appoint him.
Looks like Chicago will be getting the Gitmo graft.
This guy is gonna go free and be allowed to roam the streets of America.
"the Bush administration claimed the president has the wartime authority to send the military into any U.S. neighborhood, capture a citizen and hold him in prison without charge, indefinitely."
Wikipedia:
"..Unlike other foreigners, al-Marri was not transported to the Guantanamo Bay...."
So...is or is not al-Marri a citizen? One of these two sources is botched.
So AP, as is their frequent practice, probably got their Bush-hating America-despising prejudices in the way of doing their job.
From the article referenced above.
Another reason to report tomorrow at the Daley PLAZA. Bring your weather gear: we’ll be there!
Please release him to house arrest at Obama’s old house in Hyde park and make sure he gets Ayers address. kthksbai
Exactly. The Saudis have their ineligible Kenyan in the white house.
Chicago law firms defending this guy will make tens of millions. Probably all taxpayer money. Obama and the Dems are now to the point of just stealing taxpayers money in the trillions. They want to bankrupt America for their overlords the Saudis. Just like the left did to England.
What happens when the terrorists decide to kill all the jurors when they convict these guys?
“WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors plan to move an alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent out of a Navy brig in South Carolina and send him to federal court in Illinois to face trial. “
Burris’ replacement in the Senate?
That's what this is all about. That's also why Democrats want gay marriage, lots of $$$ for divorce lawyers.
Gee... It sure would be too bad if he was to have some kinda accident or sumtin'.
>>In 2002, Ali was charged with making false statements to the FBI and to financial institutions, identity fraud, and credit card fraud.[1] Al-Marri was alleged to be in possession of more than 1750 credit card numbers, along with the names of the account holders, none of whom were Al-Marri. He was also alleged to be in possession of falsified identification documents. Additionally, he was alleged to have used a Qwest calling card to call a number in Dubai linked to the reputed al-Qaeda financier Mustafa al-Hawsawi.
After searching al-Marri’s computer, folders were found labeled “jihad arena” and “chem,” which (according to the government) contained information on hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous gas produced in large quantities by several industrial processes in the U.S. and listed amongst chemical warfare agents that cause general poisoning,[2] along with lectures by Osama bin Laden and links to Web sites related to weaponry and satellite equipment.[3] <<
I hope they had more than that.
That could be a criminal who was fascinated with or fantasized about Jihad and made one call trying to join Al Quaida.
Now, probably he is either a terrorist or a wannabe terrorist but I don’t any reason to strip him of his right to a trial with the right to put on a defense.
He’ll probably either either police or federal protection.
Ayers will be inviting the terrorist to dinner the second that the liberal judge sets him free.
Hopefully after his trial in Daley Plaza,,they’ll send him down to Marion Illinois, there is a great prison there.
Based on a Wikipedia entry?
>>...I don’t any reason to strip him of his right to a trial with the right to put on a defense.
There may be additional evidence - that might change things. But I’m going on the info we have in front of us.
Again, from Wikipedia? If so, unfortunately, your informational standards are at rock bottom.
Go for a twofer....put Ayers on trial with al-Marri, and build a double gallows.
Al-Marri shares the same list of contacts as Mohammed Atef, a US citizen who worked out of Barack Obama's family's country of Kenya, and who was involved in the 1998 US embassy bombings that occured there and in Tanzania. Some of the perps in that bombing plot, such as Wadih el Hage, were involved with IARA [another agency with offices in Chicago] and also ran and worked for a Kenyan terror charity called "Help Africa People." El Hage [and another individual, the woman Siddiqui, that was part of al Qaeda's post 911 follow-on ops as was al Marri] was also involved in the gem trade. That leads to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the battles over the gemstone mines there, which brings to mind all the liberal hysterics about Bush taking down Charles Taylor, the best buddy of Illinois' favorite loudmouth Jessie Jackson.
There are a lot of politicians who received goodies from these terror charities so there is probably a strong desire in Washington and particularly in "Crook county" Illiois to handle the al Marri matter creatively...in such a way that not too much of what and who he was actually involved with gets exposed.
al Marri wasn’t in the credit card theft business for personal gain like some sort of common criminal. He was in it on the instructions of his commanders, at the request of a declared foreign enemy of the US, and his activities benefitted them. [al Qaeda declared war on the US before the 1998 US embassy bombings,and al Marri trained in their camps and indeed, was sworn to them, even went so far as to request to become a martyr for them against US targets, though his bosses had other things in mind for him.]
In other words, al Marri is not a criminal, he’s part of an invasion force of enemy combatants.
>>He trained for two years under the Islamic Jihad’s Egyptian chemical engineer Midhat Mursi al-Sayid ‘Umar [aka Abu Khabab al-Masri aka Abu Khabab]... the guy who was featured in an al Qaeda video gassing dogs.<<
That’s enough to convince me that he is almost certainly a terrorist sympathizer and probably a terrorist.
But I don’t see anything that should would justify taking his right to a fair trial away.
Illinois? They’ll release and he’ll be elected to congress next year.
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