Posts Tagged ‘terrorists’
Closing Gitmo – The Executive Branch can not act alone
Even though President Obama directed the U.S. government to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. and house no more than 100 detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the facility, Congress still represents the people, and Congress may block Obama’s plan.
Read MoreTerrorist’s defense for Sept. 11 now available – legal document
If you were wondering how defense council for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other four terrorists might proceed when they are brought to a criminal court in New York City, look no further than the Islamic response to the United States’ accusations signed by the four accused in March.
Read More9/11 Terrorists to be tried in Federal Court – Update: Giuliani – America on trial
Editor’s Note: The author is a former Federal prosecutor, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the first woman law partner at the Florida law firm of Shutts & Bowen, and former Law Professor at the University of Miami School of Law where she also received her JD.
Read MoreDoes Lockerbie bomber really have terminal cancer?
That’s the question Scottish authorities are asking after a quick review revealed justice secretary Kenny MacAskill – who ordered the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi – only had one physician tell him the bomber had three months to live.
Read MoreObama national insecurity speech – the plan stinks
Of course, he blames the Bush administration for this entire mess and states that Guantanamo Bay should never have been opened in the first place. Of course, he says he has a plan, but what if there is no funding for it and citizens don’t want to have these terrorists on US soil? Similar to…
Read MoreSmacked into reality concerning Guantanamo detainees
In what I only can describe as a smack to the head, President Obama’s request for $80 million in supplemental funding to close Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was voted down by a 90-6 vote in the Senate this afternoon. This is not unexpected since politicians have a habit of speaking a great game…
Read MoreI regret nothing … still
From Hannity’s America last night. Bill Ayers talks with Alan Colmes in what must be part of the Bill Ayers rehab tour. Ayers, who’s Weather Underground bombed the Pentagon, New York City Police Headquarters, a New York State Supreme Court justice and was planning on bombing a dance at Fort Dix in New Jersey, still…
Read MoreCould rendition program be considered torture?
By scheduling the shut down of Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay and CIA secret facilities in other countries, President Obama – almost by default – has chosen to expand the rendition program that involves turning captured terrorists over to their home countries for interrogation. Morrissey at Hot Air has more. Renditions created a huge global controversy…
Read MoreEurope wants Gitmo closed, will not commit to accept detainees
As many countries in Europe demanded the United States close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, they refused efforts by the Bush administration to provide asylum or refugee status to prisoners who were ready for release. In Berlin yesterday, 27 members of the European Union made a weak attempt to support the new administration by offering…
Read MoreRehabbed Guantanamo terrorists buy video camera
Two former guests at Camp Delta – it is now confirmed – are back in the fight after progressing through an otherwise successful Saudi rehabilitation program for jihadists after their release from Guantanamo. This is not surprising since there is a get-arrested-and-return-to-prision rate of more than 50 percent here in the United States, so one in ten…
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