Judge tosses some evidence on Guantanamo detainee

AP via Boston Herald ^ | 01/08/10 | Staff

[nhwingut]

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has tossed out most of the government’s evidence against a terrorism detainee on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay.

[poobear]

Well, no one expected this!

[Carley]

There may well be an opening for him in the Obamao cabinet.

[ZX12R]

We are so screwed.

[Diogenesis]

"Here we go!!"

[shankbear]

There you go Your Friggin Honor. Help the terrorists of this world. I hold this judge in complete contempt. He should do jail time for aiding the enemies of this nation.

[HumbleButExceedinglyAccurate]

After he’s set loose on technicalities, he’ll be the ghost writer for Obama’s next book.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Exactly why we should ‘Take No Prisoners”!

[Slings and Arrows]

So it begins.

[GauchoUSA]

I wonder what Mabus is thinking right about now...

[RedMDer]

Put him in Holder’s back yard if he walks.

[mortal19440]

It starts already.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

The Judicial system is stacked and they haven’t even taken over the Supreme Court.. Yet.

[Common Sense 101]

Boy am I glad that Zero and his butt boy Holder thought through this whole conferring of rights to “man-made disaster club members”.

[skeeter]

Can’t wait for all the “excess use of force” counter-suits.

[pnh102]

I really cannot fault the judge for this. It is illegal to coerce a confession from a criminal suspect in the US criminal justice system. If a cop had done the same thing to any criminal suspect this too would have been rejected by the courts.

Of course, this is why you don't prosecute foreign terrorists in US courts.

[falcon99]

Don’t know anything about the judge, but this is what happens when you treat terrorism like a crime and not like a war. Guess our military will have to start taking Miranda cards with them so they can read the terrorists their rights.

[doodad]

Please someone tell me this is a joke.

[mmichaels1970]

I really cannot fault the judge for this. It is illegal to coerce a confession from a criminal suspect in the US criminal justice system.

I agree. War and crime are different things. The blame rests squarely on those who determined that this was a criminal matter.

[GloriaJane]

I am becoming more and more convinced that obama and holder are not on our side in the war against the terrorists.

Seems like just about everything they’ve done is favoring the terrorists over us. But I’m still hoping to see that I’m wrong.