ABC News:Charges Withdrawn Against Alleged U.S.S. Cole Bombing Mastermind [7:59 pm ET]

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[My Favorite Headache]

Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:

Charges Withdrawn Against Alleged U.S.S. Cole Bombing Mastermind [7:59 pm ET]

[STARWISE]

What a thuggish, slimey thing to do. It was CLEARLY said todayd that zero would meet tomorrow with the 9/11 and USS Cole families FIRST!!!

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February 07, 2007
Seasoned Judge Tapped to Head Detainee Trials

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has designated an experienced former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Judge, Susan J. Crawford, to the position of convening authority for military commissions.

A veteran lawyer of 30 years, Crawford served as a member of the court of appeals bench from 1991-2006 and also served as general counsel of the Army, special counsel to the secretary of defense, and inspector general of the Department of Defense.

Crawford has agreed to accept the appointment and expects to take office immediately. A noted expert on military law, the depth and breadth of her experiences as a lawyer and judge over three decades was taken into consideration for this appointment.

The position of convening authority was created by Congress in the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The convening authority is responsible for overseeing many aspects of the military commission process and for supervising the Office of Military Commissions.

Among other things, the convening authority reviews and approves charges against persons determined to be alien unlawful enemy combatants, as defined in the Military Commissions Act of 2006, appoints military commissions members, and reviews military commissions’ verdicts and sentences.

Her biography is available at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20070207crawford.pdf.

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TIME TO LET SUSAN CRAWFORD WHAT AMERICA THINKS!!! She’s obviously a Clinton appointee (1991).

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http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/questions.aspx

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Question: Would Gates had to have approved ?

God bless and protect our brave military!

[STARWISE]

not because Obama loves terrorists and wants to piss of FR.

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Really ?

You’ve got an awful law of unfounded trust in a radical leftist.

[jennyjenny]

Remember the thread 2 weeks back that was a manual for disrupting a message board/discussion group? This fits the playbook, though it does not seem the usual suspects are involved.

This isn't directed to you personally, but there are plenty of Obama trolls that come on here claiming to be "real conservatives" and insisting any kind of negative comments made here about Obama just "hurts our cause." just sayin'

[El Gato]

Is that the chocolate Barakbar with nuts?

It would seem that it is, and that the nuts are not only in the Barakbar, but also in the Cabinet.

[RichardAubrey]

“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... REPEAT... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”

Sorry I don't understand the call signs.

I do understand that BHO’s actions are incomprehensible. What in the world is he thinking. Is he trying to suck up to terrorist or just wants to piss-off every member of the US Navy not to mention most of America outside the university crowd?

[Colonial Warrior]

[Califreak]

Bring on the coup.

[Numbers Guy]

where he will assure them that this step was not done to be lenient towards al-Nashiri.

Of course not. The U.S. will make sure to put him on double secret probation.

[Phillipian]

“Would Gates have approved?”

Gates should be mulling over resignation over this.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

HUH?

[maggief]

0 is set out to destroy us .... he’s been groomed from day one.

[JudyinCanada]

Before deciding? Before deciding what? If someone who attacks a US ship is an enemy?

This is beyond belief. I still can’t say “President Obama”. It’s just wrong.

[Uri’el-2012]

bump

[STARWISE]

This would not be happening without the insane mantra and horrendously risky decision to close Gitmo. Procedural? Lunacy!

Where does BHO plan on putting the newly captured beasts who kill our brave troops now, attack innocents and plot to destroy America ?

What a sickening, horrifying new world. Thank you and God bless you for keeping us safe, Pres. George W. Bush. I fear those days are gone. Our new leader is inviting attacks.

[GatorGirl]

Did Susan Crawford sandbag Obama?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

could someone please explain this to me. I do not understand what the legalities are and why this is NOT a done deal?

[utahson]

Amen Starwise. Amen.

[GatorGirl]

But it was Obama’s own stupid “120 day review” that led to this. So he’s still responsible.

[DBrow]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165967/posts?q=1&;page=1

Here is the thread. It was posted as a warning; a way to recognize and defeat the disruption techniques. It’s worth a read.

[El Gato]

Here's more outrageous goings on:

Gates Delays Troop Decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan, pending The Word from The One, on what force levels, the Messiah, wants.

This whole dropping the charges thing is about Zero wanting to eliminate the military commissions, which of course were pretty much forced on the Bush Administration by the Courts which said, in effect, "you can't hold terrorists without charges or trials". So now there are no charges, so you can bet that some ACLU/CAIR lawyer is filling for a Writ of Habeas Corpus as we type. I say, let the judge who issues an order to release this guy, go to GitMo and do it herself.

There are not that many in GitMO, we must have an old tub we could put them on then use it as cruise missile, torpedo, naval gunfire and bombing target, over the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic basin at over 8,000 meters.