Administration halts prosecution of alleged USS Cole bomber

[Eric Johnson]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2010082700364

http://tinyurl.com/2bcob46

By Peter Finn
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 26, 2010; 8:47 PM

The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.

The decision at least temporarily scuttles what was supposed to be the signature trial of a major al-Qaeda figure under a reformed system of military commissions. And it comes practically on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attack, which killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens when a boat packed with explosives ripped a hole in the side of the warship in the port of Aden.

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[road kill]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2010082700364

http://tinyurl.com/2bcob46

By Peter Finn
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 26, 2010; 8:47 PM

The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.

The decision at least temporarily scuttles what was supposed to be the signature trial of a major al-Qaeda figure under a reformed system of military commissions. And it comes practically on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attack, which killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens when a boat packed with explosives ripped a hole in the side of the warship in the port of Aden.

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Did we apologize to him as well??

I mean we did make him attack!!


RK

[gman0046]

Another example of Obongolo kissing muslim butt. Will it ever end?

[YardleyLabs]

Another example of Obongolo kissing muslim butt. Will it ever end?

Did you read the story? Prosecution has been severely compromised by the fact that evidence was gathered using torture and that if that is excluded, all that is left is hearsay. When an egg is broken, there is ability to put it back together. Guantanamo is a story of broken eggs. From the time the first person was sent there, the government never had a strategy for where it would go next. There is no good way out of the mess that was created.

[road kill]

Did you read the story? Prosecution has been severely compromised by the fact that evidence was gathered using torture and that if that is excluded, all that is left is hearsay. When an egg is broken, there is ability to put it back together. Guantanamo is a story of broken eggs. From the time the first person was sent there, the government never had a strategy for where it would go next. There is no good way out of the mess that was created.

So....you agree we should apologize, after all, it's OUR fault!!


RK

[Clay Rogers]

Did you read the story? Prosecution has been severely compromised by the fact that evidence was gathered using torture and that if that is excluded, all that is left is hearsay. When an egg is broken, there is ability to put it back together. Guantanamo is a story of broken eggs. From the time the first person was sent there, the government never had a strategy for where it would go next. There is no good way out of the mess that was created.

Actually, there is an easy fix. Just line 'em all up and shoot them. Problem solved. Beats the hell out of beheading them, wouldn't you say?

[YardleyLabs]

Actually, there is an easy fix. Just line 'em all up and shoot them. Problem solved. Beats the hell out of beheading them, wouldn't you say?

We could also change our name to the United States of Saudi Arabia. We are either a nation of laws or we are not. There is no middle ground. As soon as we begin to define our morals in reaction to the morals of our enemy, we become the enemy.

[walt8@cox.net]

We could also change our name to the United States of Saudi Arabia. We are either a nation of laws or we are not. There is no middle ground.

Except for immigration right? There's no middle ground unless it suits you.
Go ahead and shoot them.
Walt

[subroc]

We could also change our name to the United States of Saudi Arabia. We are either a nation of laws or we are not. There is no middle ground. As soon as we begin to define our morals in reaction to the morals of our enemy, we become the enemy.

Sanctimonious crap

We could just have easily used the "laws" of military tribunals. We would still, by your measure, be a nation of laws. They just wouldn't be "your laws."

Left wing politicians and the media caused this problem, no one else.

How silly

[YardleyLabs]

Except for immigration right? There's no middle ground unless it suits you.
Go ahead and shoot them.
Walt

We have many laws. They are not enforced equally (How mny times have you driven faster than the speed limit?). Usually, when laws are not enforced, it is because of the interests involved. The force behind illegal immigration is simple. It is employers seeking cheap labor combined with people for whom the wages offered and the work required look like a good deal. Ultimately, illegal immigration won't go away until until penalties and enforcement against employers are such that employers are unwilling to employ illegals. I am not an advocate of that. I am an advocate of changing our immigration laws to make it easier for people to enter and work legally. That is not the same as advocating illegal action as you imply. In fact, I would prefer to see strict enforcement because I think that would accelerate rationalization of our laws.