Defense Department Jettisons Charges Against ‘20th Hijacker’ News & Analysis
By Kristopher A. Nelson
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May 2008
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Law Blog - WSJ.com : Defense Department Jettisons Charges Against ‘20th Hijacker’: On the Gitmo front, the last several weeks have brought the Bush administration a series of legal defeats. First, GitmoaEUR™s former chief prosecutor turned against the Pentagon, testifying that political interference had tainted the military commissions, set up to prosecute detainees. Then a […]
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Law Blog – WSJ.com : Defense Department Jettisons Charges Against ’20th Hijacker’:
On the Gitmo front, the last several weeks have brought the Bush administration a series of legal defeats. First, Gitmo’s former chief prosecutor turned against the Pentagon, testifying that political interference had tainted the military commissions, set up to prosecute detainees. Then a key legal adviser to the war crimes system was barred from having any further role in the case of Salim Hamdan. The latest: The Defense Department has thrown out all charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, one of the “Gitmo Six†and the alleged “20th hijacker†in the 9/11 attacks.
I am profoundly disturbed by everything at “Gitmo.” We have a Constitution and a justice system for a reason. Why don’t we use them and respect them? If we don’t, who will?