Posted on 02/05/2009 5:20:02 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
1 BIG WTF!!!
As President Obama prepared to order the Department of Defense’s Military Commission to withdraw charges against terrorist suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on Friday afternoon, the convening authority for the Commission, Susan Crawford, withdrew the charges on her own Thursday night.
The charges were withdrawn without prejudice, meaning they later can be reinstated in a military commission or pursued in a civilian court. Al-Nashiri will remain in custody.
The original plan was for the announcement not to be made until after President Obama meets with the families of victims of terrorist attacks on 9/11 and on the U.S.S. Cole Friday afternoon, where he will assure them that this step was not done to be lenient towards al-Nashiri.
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I’m so sorry for the families of the Cole. This is sickening.
Now we know what side of the fence our President is on.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... REPEAT... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Yeah....
Way to go, Barry.
Muslims. He is protecting his brothers.
To BO, one terrorist mastermind is easily worth the lives of 17 mere American service members.
WHAT?
Holy cow....did we elect the Ayatollah?
Time to move to Texas....
We have a Hotel Alfa in the Whiskey Hotel.
It’ll be interesting to see if he will still meet with the survivors.
What do you expect, he Hates the military and loves people who bomb Americans.
Pray for America, Our Troops and obama’s Guidance
I doubt it. He’s gutless.
Grow up and use your brains, people. It’s a procedural move because if, after the 120 day review, the Gitmo trials are found to be illegitimate, any current prosecution would become void. They succeeded in delaying the other trials until after the 120 days and this was the one in which the prosecutor refused. So the charges being dropped is procedural, not because Obama loves terrorists and wants to piss of FR.
You bet. Look at how many problems he is dealing with..and somehow ..this took priority??? I hope people finally wake up.
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