Charges Against Gitmo Terror Suspect Should Be Thrown Out, Lawyer Argues

CNS ^ | 1/12/10 | Larry Neumeister/AP

[GeorgiaDawg32]

New York (AP) - A lawyer asked a judge Monday to toss out charges against the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to civilian courts, saying he was tortured for 14 hours over five days and denied trial for nearly five years.

Attorney Peter Enrique Quijano told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's right to a speedy trial was violated when he was sent after his July 2004 arrest to a secret CIA-run interrogation camp abroad rather than to the U.S. for a civilian trial.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

From yesterday. I did an exact title search and didn't see this posted. If it's a duplicate, I apologize.

[clamper1797]

Got rope ?

[Gay State Conservative]

Can I assume that judge Lewis Kaplan is a RAT appointee? Otherwise there'd be no reason for the filthy lawyer to have even bothered to make the request.

[G Larry]

Ya, and any other soldier who’s killed a terrorist combatant is guilty of murder, because he executed him without a trial......../sarc

[freebird5850]

Amazing what people will do to keep their job or remain popular in the democratic eye. Shame on them.

[Lancey Howard]

Attorney Peter Enrique Quijano told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's right to a speedy trial was violated

Obviously, the same could be said about every one of them...
This should get interesting. Did this lawyer stumble across a liberal scumbag Democrat judge?
Guess we'll see.

[Lancey Howard]

Can I assume that judge Lewis Kaplan is a RAT appointee?

Kaplan is a Clinton appointee, and therefore must be presumed to be corrupt to the core.

[Michael Barnes]

C’mon. Who didn’t see this coming?

[Gay State Conservative]

...and therefore must be presumed to be corrupt to the core.

I'm not sure that I'd use the word "corrupt".I think "utterly amoral" better describes RAT judicial appointees.

[SuperLuminal]

Good! The sooner this terrorist scum is back out on the streets of NY the better....

NY made it's bed...let it sleep in it!

Maybe they'll be a little smarter with their voting preferences next time!

[353FMG]

I am not a lawyer by any means but just a human being with a conscience. My question is — must an American lawyer, or any lawyer for that matter, follow his conscience first or should he simply ignore it as he performs his legal profession and strictly use the skills taught in law school?

If the latter is the case, I would be scared $hitless at the moment of my death.

[Scotsman will be Free]

I hope that the judges turn all of ‘em loose. If they follow the law, they have to! It’ll be more nails in the rat coffin.

[Ax]

"...Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's right to a speedy trial was violated...."

Since when do foreigners, especially those who weren't apprehended in the U.S., have ANY right to ANYTHING under the Constitution?

[troy McClure]

Just in case you might want to tell him how you feel here is his phone:
Peter E. Quijano
381 Park Ave S Rm 701
New York, NY 10016
Office: 212-686-0666

Notice his phone # has the mark of satan

[SuperLuminal]

I can only hope that our heroes in the field doing the real work will find it necessary to off these scum after quick, intensive, one-on-one interrogations.

No prisoners...No show trials...

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

[clamper1797]

Our civilian laws and our constitution were NEVER meant to apply to these scum

[SuperLuminal]

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