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‘Millennium bomber’ sentenced to 22 years
MSNBC.com ^
| 7-27-05
Posted on 07/27/2005 3:13:11 PM PDT by Jefferson2000
SEATTLE - The man convicted of plotting to blow up the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison.
Ahmed Ressam got a lighter sentence than prosecutors had requested, reflecting his cooperation in telling international investigators about the workings of terror camps in Afghanistan.
In sentencing Ressam, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said he hoped to balance U.S. resolve to punish potential terrorist acts with Ressams cooperation. Coughenour also said he hoped to send a message that the U.S. court system works in terrorism cases.
We did not need to use a secret military tribunal, detain the defendant indefinitely or deny the defendant the right to counsel. ... Our courts have not abandoned the commitment to the ideals that set this nation apart, he said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: ahmedressam; jihadinamerica; lax; millenniumbomber; ressam; terrortrials
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To: Jefferson2000
Why is it so difficult for people to understand the type of warfare we are fighting here? The terrorists are in disjoint cells operating with minimal personal contact. You cannot flush them out easily. The only way to try and flush them out is with disinformation while trying to ascertain the identity of the connections. This is the only way to dismantle a cell network like AQ. It also helps reduce the trust the AQ people would have in their own communication network.
Therefore, either these people are truly simplistic in their lack of understanding or they are working with AQ and are trying to uncover those cells that have been compromised.
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07/28/2005 11:15:54 AM PDT
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To: Jefferson2000
Another excerpt from the article:
But Ressam, 38, could have received a shorter sentence had he not stopped talking to investigators in early 2003. Prosecutors argued that his recalcitrance has jeopardized cases against two of his co-conspirators.
Now, let me get this straight: this clown has tied up our courts for five years, has jeopardized two other terror cases, refused to give us potentially vital terror information, and this judge has the nerve to declare the trial a great judicial success? And I presume he wants us to use the same process to try every single terrorist/jihadist we capture on the battlefield during the WOT? Sheer insanity.
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