14 Feb 10
From the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/12/AR2010021204911.html?hpid=moreheadlines
The case against Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim seemed ironclad.
The Justice Department alleged that Hatim, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, trained at an al-Qaeda military camp in Afghanistan, stayed at terrorist guesthouses and even fought in the battle of Tora Bora. . . .
But a federal judge reviewed the case and found the government's evidence too weak to justify Hatim's confinement. The judge ordered the detainee's release, ruling that he could not rely on Hatim's statements because they had been coerced. He also found that the government's informer was "profoundly unreliable."
Isn't this a victory for the U.S. judicial system and a restoration of American values?
14 Feb 10
Originally posted by FMFIt is a victory and a demonstration of US values. Not a "restoration".
From the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/12/AR2010021204911.html?hpid=moreheadlines
[quote]The case against Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim seemed ironclad.
The Justice Department alleged that Hatim, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, trained at an al-Qaeda military camp in Afghanistan, ...[text shortened]...
Isn't this a victory for the U.S. judicial system and a restoration of American values?
14 Feb 10
Originally posted by AThousandYoungSo you are denying that Guantanamo Bay and the military tribunals and the 'evidence' obtained through torture diminished U.S. jurisprudence? Were they a victory and a demonstration of US values too? I think the word "restoration" is very apt. On what grounds do you quibble it?
It is a victory and a demonstration of US values. Not a "restoration".
14 Feb 10
Originally posted by FMFThe judge was a check and balance to all that.
So you are denying that Guantanamo Bay and the military tribunals and the 'evidence' obtained through torture diminished U.S. jurisprudence? Were they a victory and a demonstration of US values too? I think the word "restoration" is very apt. On what grounds do you quibble it?
