Posted on 05/19/2008 3:39:52 PM PDT by PROCON
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Military lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four alleged coconspirators are arguing that charges against their clients should be dropped following illegal meddling by a Pentagon official.
A motion filed late last week before a U.S. war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo argues that the case has been tainted by the involvement of the tribunals' legal adviser, Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, who was removed from another case because he lacked the required neutrality.
The defendants are to be arraigned June 5 at the Guantanamo Bay Navy base in Cuba on charges including conspiracy, hijacking an aircraft and murder. The U.S. is seeking the death penalty for all five men.
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I didn't realize Rosie was involved in this.
This is why this should all be conducted in private military hearings. Sad, sad, sad.
Fine, just let him go, in Times Square.
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