dick.... I ask "pointedly" and sarcastically.... Do you recommend that we return to the medieval; practice of throwing a bound prisoner into deep water and waiting to see if he or she floats, as a means to determine guilt or innocence?.... oh yeah, apparently, if you are among those "conservatives" who favor waterboarding.... you just might.... nominal9
On Oct 6, 11:11 am, dick <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like another judge who is making the civilian trials of terrorists > more difficult. No wonder the military wants to do its own trials. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: News Alert: Judge Bars Major Witness From Civilian Terrorism > > Trial > Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:17:07 -0400 > From: NYTimes.com News Alert <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Breaking News Alert > The New York Times > Wed, October 06, 2010 -- 10:15 AM ET > ----- > > Judge Bars Major Witness From Civilian Terrorism Trial > > Minutes before a major terrorism trial was about to begin, a > federal judge barred prosecutors in Manhattan on Wednesday > from using a key witness. > > The government had acknowledged it learned about the witness > from the defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, while he was > being interrogated while being held in a secret overseas jail > run by the C.I.A. > > The ruling by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan would be a setback for > the Obama administration's goal of trying former detainees in > civilian courts because it would limit the kinds of evidence > prosecutors can introduce. It was not immediately clear if > prosecutors would appeal the ruling. > > The defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, was scheduled to begin > trial on Wednesday in Federal District Court on charges he > conspired in the 1998 bombings of the American Embassies in > Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks, > orchestrated by Al Qaeda, killed 224 people. > > Read More:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/nyregion/07ghailani.html?hp&emc=na > > ----- > Now get New York Times breaking news alerts sent to your mobile phone. > Sign up by texting NEWSALERTS to 698698 (NYTNYT). > ----- > > About This E-Mail > You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news > alerts from NYTimes.com. > > To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines > or other newsletters, go to:http://www.nytimes.com/email > > NYTimes.com > 620 Eighth Ave. > New York, NY 10018 > > Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
