Posted on 01/30/2009 10:55:21 PM PST by BAW
A military judge threw a wrench yesterday into the Obama administration's plan to suspend legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, denying the government's request to delay the case of a detainee accused of planning the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.
To halt proceedings for 120 days -- as Obama wants in order to conduct a review -- the Pentagon may be forced to temporarily withdraw charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and possibly 20 other detainees facing trial in military commissions, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The administration, which expected military judges to agree to its motions seeking suspension, was taken aback by yesterday's decision. Judges in other cases, including one involving five Sept. 11 defendants, had quickly agreed to the government's request.
"We just learned of the ruling here . . . and we are consulting with the Pentagon and the Department of Justice to explore our options in that case," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. Asked at a news conference whether the decision would hamper the administration's ability to evaluate detainees' cases, Gibbs replied: "Not at all."
Nashiri, a Saudi citizen of Yemeni descent, is facing arraignment Feb. 9 on capital charges relating to the al-Qaeda strike on the Cole in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. service members and injured 50 others in October 2000.
The chief military judge at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Army Col. James Pohl, said that he found the government's arguments "unpersuasive" and that the case will go ahead because "the public interest in a speedy trial will be harmed by the delay in the arraignment."
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Ballsy action from the military judge. Hope he planned on retiring soon anyway.
Goodonya Judge Pohl. Well done you!
Here is an American who sees his clear duty and does it.
People who live by the courts, die by the courts. Irony; it’s so ironic.
“The administration, which expected military judges to agree to its motions seeking suspension, was taken aback by yesterday’s decision. Judges in other cases, including one involving five Sept. 11 defendants, had quickly agreed to the government’s request.”
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Way to go, sir. Everything proceeds as planned and the judge better retire soon because Big Ears and his minions will definitely deep-six any future promotions.
More on the actions taken yesterday.
When Obama gets his way (and he will) and they walk, at least they'll be lumpy dead men walking.
This isn’t change - its Jimmah Cahtah back again.
Cool. I hope ALL the military judges tell Ears the wheels of justice will continue to grind.
B. Hussein Obama makes “Jimmy Cahtah” seem like Winston Churchill, by comparison. As bad as Carter was/is, there were at least occasional hints that he had America’s interests in mind, as incompetent and wrong-headed as he was. At least he had a record of service. ALL we know of Obama’s past and his influences is extreme left radicalism. Basically, who was he for the first 43 of his 47 years?
LLS
“Basically, who was he for the first 43 of his 47 years?”
A student of Marx, Lenin, Chavez and Castro is my guess.
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