Posted on 05/11/2010 12:47:45 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
The CIA's alleged torture of accused U.S. embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani does not justify dismissing criminal charges against him, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected the claim made by Mr. Ghailani's defense attorneys that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment requires dismissal of the indictment based on "outrageous" government misconduct. The reason, the judge said, was that there was no causal connection between the defendant's alleged mistreatment and his prosecution in the Southern District.
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What a bunch of horses patooties. Amazing how freely we spend money when it’s all public money.
Meanwhile, another 1998 US Embassy bombing perp.... received justice on the anniversary of the bombings:
Israeli agents killed Al Qaeda’s No. 2 official on street in Iran: report
The Hill ^ | 11/13/20 | Tal Axelrod
Posted on 11/14/2020, 2:07:02 AM by volunbeer
Israeli agents assassinated Al Qaeda’s No. 2 official in a shooting in Tehran three months ago, eliminating a mastermind behind the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa.
Intelligence officials confirmed to The New York Times that two Israeli agents were acting at the behest of the U.S. when they shot Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah from a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy bombings. His daughter Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden, was also killed.
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