Hearing in Cole Attack Is Delayed Again, This Time by E-mail Security Issue (Al Nashiri)

The New York Times ^ | April 11, 2013 | CHARLIE SAVAGE

[Eagle of Liberty]

Problems with defense lawyers’ e-mails and computer files prompted a military commission judge on Thursday to postpone a pretrial hearing that had been scheduled for next week in the case of a Guantánamo Bay detainee accused of helping [He is the accused MASTERMIND] to plot the 2000 bombing of the destroyer Cole.

It was the latest delay to bog down the death-penalty case against the detainee, a Saudi named Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. His last hearing, in February, was cut short when prosecutors asked that his mental health be evaluated, apparently to foreclose any future appeal based on the potential argument that he was not competent to assist in his defense.

The latest delay traces back to an effort by Pentagon technical staff to find records about plea negotiations in another tribunal case. The records had been requested by a military commissions appeals court, according to several military officials. But when prosecutors began going through the records, they discovered that they included confidential e-mails between defense lawyers. Prosecutors alerted the defense and the court to the problem, but several additional searches continued to sweep up confidential records.

The problem brought to light the potential accessibility of confidential lawyer-client e-mails to outsiders. As a result, the chief military commissions defense lawyer ordered all military defense lawyers not to use their e-mail system until it can be made secure.

[AppyPappy]

He can mastermind the bombing of a Navy ship but he can’t understand the death penalty.

WTH?

[Bikkuri]

Wait... this is about the USS Cole? Why hasn’t it been taken care of already? That was 13 years ago!

[Diogenesis]

"Victims of Cole bombing upset
"A top officer slammed Obama's decision to seek the withdrawal of charges against the 2000 suspected U.S.S. Cole ship bomber."

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"Impeach Obama Says Sister of Cole Sailor Killed in Terror Attacks
"The sister of Seaman James McDaniels, a sailor killed in the terror attack on the U.S.S. Cole wants President Barack Hussein Obama impeached
over his decision to withdraw charges against the al Qaeda mastermind of the attack."

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"Mother of USS Cole Sailor Declines Obama-meet, Says "I Voted for the Wrong Person"
"After Obama dropped the charges against the suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole,
he asked the families of the victims in that tragedy to meet with him.
One mother refused, and now says,"I voted for the wrong person."

[Eagle of Liberty]

Wait... this is about the USS Cole? Why hasn’t it been taken care of already? That was 13 years ago!

That's what I thought too when I started reading on it!

[Eagle of Liberty]

I found this article based on your links on another thread! Thanks!

[haffast]

Vanishing files delay Guantanamo hearings in 9/11 case
Reuters ^ | 4-17-2013 | Jane Sutton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009145/posts