Posted on 06/05/2009 7:35:42 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey
The Obama administration is considering a change in the law for the military commissions at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that would clear the way for detainees facing the death penalty to plead guilty without a full trial.
The provision could permit military prosecutors to avoid airing the details of brutal interrogation techniques. It could also allow the five detainees who have been charged with the Sept. 11 attacks to achieve their stated goal of pleading guilty to gain what they have called martyrdom.
The proposal, in a draft of legislation that would be submitted to Congress, has not been publicly disclosed. It was circulated to officials under restrictions requiring secrecy. People who have read or been briefed on it said it had been presented to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates by an administration task force on detention.
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I would prefer that they plead un-alive.
I'm OK with that...
Ultimately he has already done as much damage to the U.S. as the 9/11 "suspects"(???) hasn't he?
I wonder where they would be executed?
Couldn’t you argue that allowing them Martyrdom makes us less safe because Al-Qaida could use it as a recruitment tool?
Obama logic - Killing you is more humane then pouring water up your nose....
Oh my gosh, they won't love us any more!
I'm sure there are people in this area who would easily bid more than $1 million for the chance to shoot one of these guys.
cool. so they can plead and do some time in an American prison? I doubt they’ll learn what torture is in one of those places.
“and giving the terrorists what they want makes us more safe how?”
Rhetorical I know, but as you know it doesn’t.
The only gain in such a change of law as I see it is not in the lie of not having to reveal the alleged brutal interrogation methods, but is to provide martyrdom for Obama’s Muslim comrades.
A lottery?
and the vast amounts of money it generates could take care of the 911 victims families for the rest of their lives.
Very clever indeed.
If I were them, I wouldn’t trust Obama. He’d probably double cross them and set them free.
I say give them all sex change operations and make them live under Sharia Law.
LOL... and the late night comics moan that there is no material on Obama.... too funny indeed.
Shrewd move; trumps Congress, shortcircuits military law and allows the blame to settle back on the Bush Administration while setting a new imperialistic oversight within the CIC’s purview.
Must’ve been part of what he achieved yesterday among his many accomplishments during his homecoming.
Yes, you have open bidding, ebay style for the rights to be the trigger man. You can be open about who you are or you can be concealed and unidentified.
Then, for those of us who cant afford it, you offer the event on Pay Per View and make it cheap so everybody will tune in.
Then top the whole thing off by dipping the bullet in pigs blood and let the bastard know exactly what you are doing.
Obama and the people behind his telepromter will get what they deserves for this move...and American will get what it deserves unless America does something about it!!!
This is Obama playing both sides aka Clintonian triangulation. This is why he could be quite dangerous and win a 2nd term. He executes some terrorists as a foil to hide behind to shunt criticism of his other nonsensical terrorist loving policies.
Well, they are his supporters and allies.
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