Breaking: Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years

Yahoo News ^ | 8.7.08

[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

A military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a stunningly lenient sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for a sentence tough enough to frighten terrorists around the globe.

[mnehring]

That’s it?

[Joe 6-pack]

This sends a very bad message...We are being laughed at as news of this breaks throughout the islamic world.

[flyfree]

and 5 years credited for already served. He will be out in 6mo.

[AmericaUnited]

5 1/2 years = 66 months. SO HOW THE HELL COULD HE BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 5 MONTHS, LESS THAN 10% OF THE TIME???!!!

[TheWasteLand]

the panel of six U.S. military officers, hand-picked by the Pentagon for the first U.S. war crimes trial in a half century.

What is wrong with these officers? Nuts.

[AmericaUnited]

and 5 years credited for already served.

Ok...

[Revolting cat!]

The country has now officially gone softier!

[threeoeight]

What is wrong with these officers?

That is how a justice system works. See the evidence, maybe really weak. They found him innocent of the more serious charges IIRC.

[GladesGuru]

Looks like the Libtards put into the military by Clinton are still there.

Whatever happened to President Bush’s famous “If you support a terrorist, you are a terrorist.” position.

[jan in Colorado]

In the mean time, our Border guards,Ramos and Compean, each got over ten years...unbelievable!

[Inyokern]

Maybe they plan to put a tail on him when he gets out.

[Old North State]

So what happens when his sentence is up? Does he get released to his home? Is that what we are going to do to enemy combatant prisoners? release them when the war is still in progress so they can return to their units? Does hew get his SAM’s back too?

[Uri’el-2012]

Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years

The Bush administration puts another terrorist on the streets to kill again.

[ConfidentConservative]

SO, in about 8 months he will blow up or kill some of our soldiers and help the Democrats prove the WOT is lost!

[Twotone]

Don’t worry. We’ll capture him in Afghanistan in 9 months, fighting against us. Then maybe we’ll do it right & not take him prisoner!

[Mr Rogers]

Sounds like they believe he is a low-level operative, not a mastermind terrorist.

They’ve heard the evidence. I haven’t. I’m content to trust their judgment. They are military officers, not the unemployed pulled out of a phone book.

[ConfidentConservative]

“The Bush administration puts another terrorist on the streets to kill again.”

Yep that is what the Democrats with say!

Bush’s fault!

[Williams]

Just want to understand, if he got a tough sentence the press would say it was all unfair, blah blah, but now he got leniency so it's some kind of failure blah blah. In fact articles I've seen are still trying to make it seem unfair and a failure both.

The media is major bs, this is what the tribunal decided. They are pros and that's it.

[mdk1960]

Okay, who implanted the tracking device? Was it you, General Rove?