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A military judge has refused to delay a Guantanamo proceeding.
Althouse — The Obama has been asking to delay all the proceedings for 120 days — as part of the proposal to close Guantanamo: The request was quickly granted in other cases when prosecutors told military judges that "the newly inaugurated president and his administration [can] review the military commissions process, generally, and the cases currently pending before military commissions, specifically." But Judge James Pohl, an Army colonel, said he found the government's reasoning "unpersuasive." ...

Military judge to Obama: No, I will not suspend hearings on USS Cole attacker
Jihad Watch — ... A citizen obeys the laws as they are currently formulated: an act of defiance. "Military Judge Denies Obama Request to Suspend Hearings at Guantanamo," by Peter Finn for the Washington Post, January 29 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...

Military Commission Judge Defies Obama Executive Order; Refuses To Halt Proceedings
TalkLeft — In an Executive Order, President Obama directed that: all proceedings of . . . military commissions to which charges have been referred but in which no judgment has been rendered, and all proceedings pending in the United States Court of Military Commission Review, are halted. Via litigatormom, we discover that one military commission judge has chosen to defy this executive order: Judge James Pohl, an Army colonel, said he found the government's reasoning "unpersuasive." "The Commission is ...

Military Judge Rejects Obama's Request For Delay Of Gitmo Proceeding
TPMMuckraker — ... Most military judges have complied with that request. But one judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, has now declined to do so, saying he found the government's reasoning "unpersuasive," reports the Washington Post. ...

Military Commission Judge Defies Executive Order
Daily Kos — ... A military judge at Guantanamo, in defiance of an executive order, has decided to carry on the case against one of detainees accused in the USS Cole attack. ...

Us versus Us
Belmont Club — The Washington Post reports that a military commission judge has refused to suspend hearings despite President Obama’s instructions to suspend all proceedings involving 21 persons for a period of 120 days. The Pentagon, which is determined to be in “full compliance” with the President’s order is considering withdrawing the charges so that the hearings cannot go forward. A military judge in Guantanamo Bay today denied the Obama administration’s request to delay proceedings for 120 days in the case of a detainee accused of planning the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole ...

More Honeymoon Heartache - Gitmo Judge to Preznit: We Think We'll Just Go Ahead with the Trials and Shit
Ace of Spades HQ — More Honeymoon Heartache - Gitmo Judge to Preznit: We Think We'll Just Go Ahead with the Trials and Shit This particular trial involving one of the bastards accused of helping to plan the bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors and wounded 50 more ...

Links for 2009-01-29 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — U.S. Investigates Los Angeles Archdiocese Officials - Cardinal Roger The Red Mahony Part of Probe Federal authorities are investigating the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to see whether top church officials tried to cover up the sexual abuse of minors by priests, said a person familiar with the matter. A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas and begun calling witnesses in the probe, which began late last year, said this person. The investigation is still in its early, fact-gathering stage, and it isn't known whether any criminal charges will result. Rush Limbaugh: My Bipartisan Stimulus - HR 1 = PORKULUS There's a serious ...

links for 2009-01-30
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Playing Catch-Up, the GOP Is All Atwitter About the Internet At a recent debate, the candidates to become chairman of the Republican National Committee were asked — after rattling off how many guns they own — whether they have any "followers" on Twitter, the popular online social network for short messages. They didn't miss a ...