Posted on 07/08/2011 6:22:24 AM PDT by Libloather
Obama faces criticism from all sides for terrorism suspects offshore interrogation, civilian trial
PAUL KORING
WASHINGTON Globe and Mail Update
Last updated Thursday, Jul. 07, 2011 7:56PM EDT
After holding a Somali terrorism suspect for two months on a U.S. warship, the Obama administration secretly flew him to New York for trial in a civilian court, leaving both rights groups and Congress infuriated.
The clandestine imprisonment at sea echoed Bush-era and widely condemned efforts to deny detainees constitutional protections while interrogating them offshore. Meanwhile, opting to surreptitiously bring the Somali to a U.S. federal court not far from where New Yorks twin towers once stood gives the President a chance to circumvent Congress, which has thwarted efforts to put high-profile al-Qaeda suspects on trial in civilian courts.
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But his capture, interrogation and forthcoming trial will again lay bare the raw and bitterly disputed debate over treatment of detainees in Americas global war on Islamic extremists.
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Under testimony to Congress we have left more serious terrorist we let go to another country.
I also hope Eric Holder is charged in Mexico for Fast and Furious.
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