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U.S. seeks to suspend Gitmo war crimes trials
MSNBC ^ | January 21, 2009 | AP

Posted on 01/21/2009 1:39:32 AM PST by John W

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The U.S. moved Tuesday to halt the Guantanamo Bay war crimes trials, filing a late-night motion to suspend proceedings until President Barack Obama's administration completes a review of the system for prosecuting suspected terrorists.

The motion, filed at the direction of Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, will be considered early Wednesday by the military judge hearing the case of five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bhogwot

1 posted on 01/21/2009 1:39:32 AM PST by John W
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To: John W

Ok...how many more of these midnight decisions should we expect?


2 posted on 01/21/2009 1:41:50 AM PST by garbanzo (Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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To: John W

Oh My God

I just don’t see how this doesn’t turn into a P R disaster in the long term. I mean, the guys at Gitmo are the scum of the earth. A Dukakis moment coming up I think.


3 posted on 01/21/2009 1:43:42 AM PST by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: FastCoyote

Just step 1 of returning to the Clinton methods of fighting terrorism. The culmination of that great work was 9/11/2001.


4 posted on 01/21/2009 2:05:09 AM PST by John W
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To: John W

WTH?? Why is he so obsessed with Guantanamo??? I guess some of his relatives are there.


5 posted on 01/21/2009 2:06:43 AM PST by mojitojoe ( A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves)
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To: mojitojoe

Lincoln freed the slaves, BO may free the terrorists.


6 posted on 01/21/2009 2:40:38 AM PST by Heavy Fuel
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To: garbanzo
But we must have a system for protecting terrorists, not for prosecuting them, don't you understand; we must change it as quickly as we can so more of us can be killed by them. It's called setting out to lose the war as quickly as possible. It is a little bit different from what Lincoln did, however.
7 posted on 01/21/2009 2:50:24 AM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: John W

A little thing..but shouldn’t the headline be Obama Administration not US..I would think they would put Bushes name on something if it sounded bad...


8 posted on 01/21/2009 4:04:23 AM PST by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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To: AmericanVictory

“But we must have a system for protecting terrorists, not for prosecuting them, don’t you understand; we must change it as quickly as we can so more of us can be killed by them. It’s called setting out to lose the war as quickly as possible. It is a little bit different from what Lincoln did, however.”

Then after they attack again and kill more Americans, someone can create a movie blaming George Bush. They can say that Obama did everything he could to stop terrorism while the Bush administration lied to the American people.

I think Rosie O’donnel would make a fine narrator. Sean Penn can play Obama.


9 posted on 01/21/2009 4:34:59 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("Control the information, you control the people.")
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To: conservativehusker

Get used to it my friend.


10 posted on 01/21/2009 4:35:56 AM PST by villagerjoel ("Gun control is a prerequisite for genocide." - Unknown)
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To: Heavy Fuel

Lincoln freed the slaves, BO may free the terrorists.
* * *

I’m using that as my tagline today.

:-)


11 posted on 01/21/2009 4:36:12 AM PST by Canedawg (Lincoln freed the slaves, BO will free the terrorists.)
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To: John W

I guess that is why Secretary Gates got to keep his job. He agreed with Obama. Well it does give the Obmababots the warm fuzzie-wuzzies. After all, their President Obama is simply emulating the Great Terrorist Ayers’ American Dream, “Guilty as hell and free as a bird” lifestyle choices.


12 posted on 01/21/2009 5:00:17 AM PST by Chgogal (Don't look at me. You elected them, Comrade!)
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To: John W; All

Treat Gitmo murderers kindly, while removing arms from the hands of law-abiding US citizens with the AWB.....and do this during a time of war when we have been attacked internally!

Insane!


13 posted on 01/21/2009 5:24:00 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then mine are defective.)
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To: Red in Blue PA; All

Forgot to add this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2168709/posts


14 posted on 01/21/2009 5:24:29 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then mine are defective.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Oh come on people. I'm sure those people are sorry for what they've done. We should give them another chance. Shoot some of them probably did nothing wrong at all. .............LOL!
15 posted on 01/21/2009 5:26:48 AM PST by Cheryllynn
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To: Heavy Fuel

Sorry, Bill and Hilly already did that. Nothing new here move on. Amen.


16 posted on 01/21/2009 6:12:01 AM PST by gakrak ("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
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