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Case Against 9/11 Mastermind in Jeopardy
Military.com ^ | May 19, 2008

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911mastermind; enemycombatant; gitmo; khalidsheikhmohammed; ksm; militarycommissions; terrortrials
Why isn't this scumbab dead already!
1 posted on 05/19/2008 3:39:52 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

I didn't realize Rosie was involved in this.

2 posted on 05/19/2008 3:49:32 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: PROCON

This is why this should all be conducted in private military hearings. Sad, sad, sad.


3 posted on 05/19/2008 4:02:50 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: PROCON

Fine, just let him go, in Times Square.


4 posted on 05/19/2008 4:47:28 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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To: Always Right
Image hosted by Photobucket.com Oh Woe is me... Why's everybody pickin on me???

5 posted on 05/19/2008 5:23:10 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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