The courtroom jihad--Islamist antics make a mockery of justice in 9/11 trial

Washington Times ^ | May 7, 2012 | Editorial

[jazusamo]

Five planners of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were arraigned on Sunday before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The 13-hour proceeding was a theatrical farce, which unfortunately gives a taste of things to come.

The five terrorist defendants - Ramzi Binalshibh, Walid bin Attash, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, Ammar al-Baluchi and reputed mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - face 2,976 counts of terrorism and capital murder for their role in the 9/11 attacks. The arraignment was the first step in a lengthy process of trial and appeal that is likely to stretch for years, if the arraignment is any indication.

The defense team made full use of every procedural delaying tactic available. The defendants ignored instructions from the judge, would not listen to translations of the proceedings over headphones, slept, passed around magazines and were generally disrespectful. Cheryl Bormann, counsel for Walid bin Attash, appeared in a black hijab even though she is not a Muslim. She requested that the judge order other women present, particularly on the prosecution team, to dress in similar attire. She said she was concerned the defendants might have to avert their eyes “for fear of committing a sin under their faith.”

The defense also complained that its clients were not allowed to wear their garb of choice, though Mohammed appeared resplendent in white, wearing a turban and with his flowing beard streaked with red henna, a powder intended to make hair silkier. Those who denounced the Guantanamo detainee facility as the “American gulag” might research whether Stalin supplied Soviet prisoners with hair care products.

[MasterGunner01]

My understanding is these defendants have said they've done the deeds they are accused of doing — essentially a guilty plea. Good. Move on to sentencing them and be done with it. Case closed. Next batch of Muzzie a**holes.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

IIRC, the liars, er lawyers are Erik Holder’s former law firm partners. We taxpayers fund Moohamed’s (pig bowels upon him) AlQiada theater production; thinking somewhere I read the billing rate is in excess of $100.00 per fifteen minutes, plus expenses.