Posted on 01/14/2018 7:17:58 AM PST by MNDude
Donald Trump has come under fire for recommending US citizens accused of terrorism be prosecuted before military tribunals. But despite the criticism, Trump's concerns are not only merited -- they are, in fact, within the bounds of the law.
In November of 2010, Ahmed Ghailani, an al Qaeda terrorist who bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, received a "near-total acquittal," in the words of former Justice Department official John Yoo. Ghailani, in this case a non-citizen, was convicted of just one count of conspiracy, receiving an acquittal on 284 of 285 charges.
The odd verdict was in large part due to the exclusion of key evidence, like the testimony of a witness who sold Ghailani 1,000 pounds of TNT, a chemical compound used in explosives, but whose identity was learned through enhanced interrogation techniques and therefore excluded. This evidence might have been admissible in a military tribunal with less stringent evidentiary standards.
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mods, this is from 2016, can you edit the title?
guess what Trump declared to terrorism back in December via EO...
“...recommending US citizens accused of terrorism...”
Congress should pass a law that deprives any citizen who commits terrorism of their citizenship. They should be tried before a military tribunal, executed and cremated - with their ashes scattered in a pig sty.
Eventually they would become bacon.
Bacon is good.
For weeks there have been lots of rumors that Gitmo is being prepared for an influx of new high profile prisoners. An M.P. contingent from the Arizona National Guard has just been sent to Gitmo. Apparently both Sessions and Mattis have visited there recently. I read somewhere that a pre-fab building new attorney client rooms have been requested. I’ve also read the last national defense authorization bill contained explicit provisions allowing for indefinite civilian detention and trials in military courts under certain conditions. Is all of this connected and does it mean anything significant?
That's PRESIDENT Donald Trump, you degenerate commie scribbler.
The article is from August 2016.
The only other information we have is a large number of flights with transponders turned off on a flight path to and from Guantanamo. There seem to be some people missing....
Beria would approve of this argument
“Ahmed Ghailani, an al Qaeda terrorist who bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, received a “near-total acquittal,” ... Ghailani, in this case a non-citizen.”!
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What... the... Frak!
CNN fake news. Or poor research, one of the two. In Ex Parte Milligan the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. citizens could not be tried by military tribunals if the civilian courts were operating freely. That hasn’t changed.
“Ahmed Ghailani, an al Qaeda terrorist who bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, received a “near-total acquittal,” ... Ghailani, in this case a non-citizen.”!
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What... the... Frak!
Yeah, I saw that after I posted.
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