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Accused 9/11 Plotters Confess
Suburban Guerrilla —
Yeah, I know. But apparently this is the real deal. It should be interesting:
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — All five of the Guantánamo detainees charged with planning and coordinating the Sept. 11 attacks have asked a military judge to accept their confessions in full. The request appeared to be intended to cut short any effort to try them, and to challenge the United States government to put them to death.
At the start of what had been expected to be routine proceedings Monday, the military judge, Col. Steven Henley, disclosed that he had received a ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
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McCarthy: Why Does KSM Want to be Executed?
Articles on National Review Online —
W e don t understand our enemies any better than we did when they first strode out on that great American stage, the federal courtroom, 15 years ago. That is the upshot of Monday s latest episode in Mohammed s March to Martyrdom , a dreadful show that should close in Cuba before ever making it to the Great White Way. Five top al-Qaeda terrorists told a military judge at Guantanamo Bay that they want to skip their commission trial, admit no, brag about their guilt, and proceed straight to execution and its promised eternity of Boogie Nights. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Mohammed, of course, is none other than KSM, the black artist ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... it was not involved with any wrongdoing. * NYT : "The five Guantanamo detainees charged with coordinating the Sept. 11 attacks told a military judge on Monday that they wanted to confess in full, a move that seemed to challenge the government to put them to death. The request, which was the result of hours of private meetings among the detainees, appeared intended to undercut the government's plan for a high-profile trial while drawing international attention to what some of the five men have said was a desire for martyrdom." * The Pentagon was told about the ...
Potemkin Justice: BushCo Stage-Managing Gitmo To Tie Obama’s Hands?
Firedoglake —
Some odd doings at Gitmo yesterday. Potential guilty pleas, then orders for two mental competency exams, then no pleas at all. So what's up? Plenty.
Last night, I spoke with Anthony Romero of ACLU, who spent the day in Gitmo observing proceedings. When asked ...
Sec. Gates Should Suspend Military Tribunals
Wonk Room —
... Those who thought it couldn’t get any worse at Guantanamo were once again proved wrong on Monday after the farcical on-again off-again guilty pleas from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants played out in front of the international media and the families of the 9/11 victims. President-elect Obama has consistently stated that he views the military commissions as fundamentally flawed and we need no more evidence than this latest sorry episode. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates should step in and immediately suspend the entire military commissions system to prevent ...
