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9/11 judge and prosecutors should step down over 'destroyed evidence', defense demands
The Guardian ^ | 05-11-2016 | Spencer Ackerman

Posted on 05/11/2016 4:15:40 PM PDT by NRx

An explosive allegation about destroyed evidence threatens to unravel the already shaky military tribunal for the alleged architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Attorneys for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are calling on the judge and the entire prosecution team in Mohammed’s military commission at Guantánamo Bay to step down from the long-running case over what a member of the defense team called “at least the appearance of collusion” that led to the government apparently secretly destroying information relevant to the premier post-9/11 tribunal.

The defense team further argues that the destruction of evidence ought to spell the end of Mohammed’s military trial entirely, a development that would leave the Obama administration and its successor to come up with an entirely new plan for what to do with the top terror suspect in US custody.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; gitmo; khalidsheikhmohammed; militaryprosecution

1 posted on 05/11/2016 4:15:40 PM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx

Shoot him in the head. Bury him in pig offal.

Be done with it

L


2 posted on 05/11/2016 4:20:54 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: NRx

They are in Cuba, right?
Take him down to the beach, shoot him in both legs, take him for a short boat ride and feed him to the sharks.


3 posted on 05/11/2016 4:22:54 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: NRx
An explosive allegation....

The Guardian should be ashamed of itself stereotyping an allegation of as "explosive" being that it came on behalf of a Muslim. Shame shame shame.

/sarc

4 posted on 05/11/2016 4:25:55 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Lurker

That works for me.


5 posted on 05/11/2016 4:26:06 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Vote Trump 2016~~ Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍)
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To: NRx

come up with an entirely new plan for what to do with the top terror suspect in US custody
************************************

.45 to the head


6 posted on 05/11/2016 4:28:21 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
When you can't pound the law, pound the facts.

When you cant pound the facts, pound the law.

When you can't pound the law or the facts,...

pound the table!

This is pounding the table.

7 posted on 05/11/2016 4:40:17 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: NRx

Don’t want to up set all that Saudi campaign financing and out and out bribery.


8 posted on 05/11/2016 4:45:29 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Yep, the lawyers got nothing so they’re making noise so it looks like they’re accomplishing something.

CC


9 posted on 05/11/2016 4:46:32 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Celtic Conservative

This tribunal is making us look inept and week. How many years does it take to conclude the trial of an obviously guilty terrorist? I always assumed that the military would be a far superior place to conduct these trials—fair, but quick. They have been involved with this case for years, and the start of trial is nowhere in sight. Apparently the military allows itself to be tied in knots by stalling tactics every bit as much as the civilian courts.


10 posted on 05/11/2016 5:01:29 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Lurker

Should have been executed a long long time ago.


11 posted on 05/11/2016 5:58:27 PM PDT by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: Ray76

KSM should never have been brought back alive. That was mistake #1.


12 posted on 05/11/2016 8:14:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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