On Aug 7, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Bill O'Connor wrote:
"Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
A panel of six senior military officers sentenced Salim
Hamdan to 66 months in prison after just over an hour of
deliberation.
Ironically, that may actually be an improvement for Hamdam, since
it's
better than indefinite inprisonment.
Sadly, his status as an "enemy combatant" hasn't changed, so he's
going
nowhere in 66 months.
Actually, the sentence is for only five months, since 61 of the 66
months have already been served. It will be interesting to see what
President Obama does then, since Hamdan was *acquited* of any charges
that would make him a "combattant" and convicted only as "giving
material support to terrorism."
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to
be called Zeus."
Herakleitos of Ephesos
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