Because it is war and he is an enemy combatant taken on foreign soil you twit. End of story.
Now go settle some cross-dressing metero-sexual custody battle, or whatever it is you do.
SIX CRITICAL REASONS TO NOT TRY TERRORISTS IN US COURT
Posted on 12/10/2009 2:56:16 PM PST by tobyhill
A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Defense Department in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Guantanamo Bay detainee so that the public and the news media could see it.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler is demanding a detailed explanation of why the Pentagon failed to conduct the taping, as she had directed, of testimony by Mohammed Al-Adahi of Yemen. He testified June 23 in a challenge to his indefinite detention at the prison in Cuba.
In August, Kessler ordered the government to "take all necessary and appropriate diplomatic steps" to facilitate Al-Adahi's release. The government is appealing Kessler's decision
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Is it too late for the Pentagon to say “Thanks but no thanks!”?
Nice one Obamo, you have made the constitution a suicide pact after all.
Because it is war and he is an enemy combatant taken on foreign soil you twit. End of story.
Now go settle some cross-dressing metero-sexual custody battle, or whatever it is you do.
Sadly, this particular ruling has nothing to do with that decision, and everything to do with the Hamdan v Rumsfeld case that was decided in 2006, as well as several others.
Win the Supreme Court extended habeas to the enemy combatants, this kind of problem was unavoidable. Obama and Holder have compounded the complexity of these cases by deciding to try KSM and others in Federal District court, where these kinds of issues will become even more prevalent.
OK, before looking, I'm going to guess G.H.W.B.
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/kessler-bio.htmlJudge Kessler was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in July 1994.
Nope, it was B.J.
Executive privilege bitch...
It’s a presidential national security matter. Now go —— yourself!
The Supreme Court should have been told it had no authority. 49 (then) Republican senators would have blocked any impeachment.
Believe me, I would applaud Obama if he made that case, even if it were on something I disagreed with, in order to reestablish the Andrew Jackson precedent. “[Chief Justice] Marshal has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.” (apocryphal or not)
Do you suppose she had to kneel down before B. J. to get her nomination to the Federal Judgeship?????
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/10/gitmo.contempt/index.html
This is where I have a problem with Obama on the matter. He should have directed the Justice Dept. to tell the judge that “there is no tape, end of conversation, now F off” instead of calling everything an “oversight” or “miscommunication”.
It wasn't video taped for a reason. Probably to beat the hell out of this terrorist in order to try and find Bin Laden.
Either way, the Pentagon would have been held in contempt. She ordered DOD to videotape Al-Adahi's testimony at the merits hearing. When she asked where the video was, they could have said (like they did) "our bad, we didn't tape". Or they could have said, "go "f" yourself, we're not taping it." Either way, she's still going to slap them with contempt charges.
Her ruling also complicates their case. If she goes on to find that their behavior is sufficiently prejudicial, she could dismiss the charges with prejudice. And, that goes to my point - that was - without that Hamdan decision, the judge wouldn't have been involved in the first place.
yep, exactly what will happen to each and every one of them that is sent to a civilian court.
Noyfb judge
No.
Very interesting fact (to learn of;) can you name the year that this comment was uttered? Thanks.
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