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Bin Laden driver's conviction reversed by appeals court
Reuters ^
| October 16, 2012
| By Terry Baynes
Posted on 10/16/2012 8:29:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, by a military commission on charges of providing material support for terrorism.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that supporting terrorism was not a war crime at the time of Hamdan's alleged conduct from 1996 to 2001 and therefore could not support a conviction.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; binladendriver
To: Oldeconomybuyer
um... huh?
wait. is this satire? ..
OMG ITS NOT!!!!!!!!!!!
Supporting terrorists was OK before???
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:32:42 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
("The only thing the World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This is why it doesn’t belong in the USA courts. It belongs in the Military courts....period.
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:34:00 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(r)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What is the point of taking prisoners? He should have been sweated out and then disposed of hundreds of thousands of dollars ago.
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:35:21 AM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that supporting terrorism was not a war crime at the time of Hamdan's alleged conduct from 1996 to 2001 and therefore could not support a conviction. The Court's next action: reversing the Nuremberg verdicts.
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:36:01 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
To: Sacajaweau
NO what you DO to POS ANIMALS like this is you capture them “Sweat ‘em” AND “Pump ‘em for info” THEN you pump a BACON laced BULLET through their WORTHLESS HEADS!
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:36:27 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: US Navy Vet
I suppose this will elicit yawns from the metro crowd who are yearning for more socialism. But the majority of US citizens will want take it as a punch in the gut and will crawl over broken glass to vote against this administration who is more like those judges than the challengers.
To: Slump Tester
What was the point of killing Osama if you’re going to let his minions loose.
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:44:33 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(r)
To: US Navy Vet
NO what you DO to POS ANIMALS like this is you capture them Sweat em AND Pump em for info THEN you pump a BACON laced BULLET through their WORTHLESS HEADS! That takes care of the noodle-brained judges, but what about the muzzie terrorist?
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:45:34 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few, and let another take his office.")
To: Sacajaweau
...overturned the conviction ... by a military commission ...
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posted on
10/16/2012 8:49:27 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
To: Slump Tester
What is the point of taking prisoners? Diversity?
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posted on
10/16/2012 9:11:21 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Puppage
Probably now the DIM-witted, pin-headed, brain-addled judge will allow him to remain in the USA, give him US citizenship and allow him to sue the USA for harassing him. It would only be “fair”...wouldn’t it? Vote nobama, LIB and DIM for more of this BS.
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posted on
10/16/2012 9:30:19 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Will sope Photoshop competent FReeper please post the Martsupial Magistrate Court In Session pictures.
Pleeeze!
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posted on
10/16/2012 9:31:43 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
To: GladesGuru
Oops! “Sope” should be “some”. Sorry.
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posted on
10/16/2012 9:33:14 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that supporting terrorism was not a war crime at the time of Hamdan’s alleged conduct from 1996 to 2001 and therefore could not support a conviction.”
Osama Bin Laden would also be covered under this same type of ruling, along with the 19 who flew the planes on September 11, 2001. Why do liberals insist upon giving Constitutional Rights to thugs, who are not citizens of our nation, and commit their crimes overseas. These are prisoners of war captured on the battle field.
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posted on
10/16/2012 10:13:01 AM PDT
by
Yulee
(Village of Albion)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
At Volokh Conspiracy:
D.C. Circuit Panel Reverses Conviction of Bin Laden's Driver, which points out that Hamdan served his complete sentence, and now lives in Yemen.
I seem to recall some aspect of the law, as it was being passed, that aimed to make it retrospective. The date of retrospection was, again, IIRC, to the date of passage of some international treaty. Guess I could read the appellate opinion and refresh my recollection on the retrospective law that is kicking around in my brain.
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posted on
10/16/2012 10:26:15 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: GladesGuru
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
Leave the Spelling and Grammar to the concern trolls, most of us do better than we think we can. Besides tweets and twits and auto correct have brought a whole new way to misspell almost every word.
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posted on
10/16/2012 10:44:01 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(I'll write in Palin in 2012. That is 1 vote for Palin, 0 votes for Romney and Zer0 votes for Obama.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I said, "I seem to recall some aspect of the law, as it was being passed, that aimed to make it retrospective."
Turns out, my memory conflated the Detainee Treatment Act (which "allows" harsh interrogation techniques and aimed to protect US agents who executed waterboarding orders) with the Military Commissions Act, which made a war crime out of giving material support to terrorists.
Separately, reading the opinion that is the subject of the OP, the court says that the US could, right now, hold Hamdan as an enemy combatant. The issue isn't whether or not he can be detained, the issue decided in the instant case is whether or not Hamdan can be convicted of a particular war crime, for acts perpetrated before the statute was passed.
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posted on
10/16/2012 11:12:52 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
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