Pentagon: U.S. will still detain Hamdan even if he is acquitted

marmar

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:16 PM
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Pentagon: U.S. will still detain Hamdan even if he is acquitted

Edited on Tue Aug-05-08 08:19 PM by marmar

from ThinkProgress:

Pentagon: U.S. will still detain Hamdan even if he is acquitted.�

Yesterday, a military jury began deliberations in the trial of Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden�s former driver, on whether Hamdan conspired with al Qaeda in terrorist attacks. The trial is the first U.S. military commission since World War II. In a Pentagon press briefing today, spokesperson Geoff Morrell said the U.S. will detain Hamdan regardless of the verdict:

MORRELL: Even if he were acquitted of the charges that are before him, he would still be considered an enemy combatant and therefore would continue to be subject to continued detention. Of course, that said, he would also have the opportunity to go before the administrative review board and they could determine whether he is a suitable candidate for release or transfer.

But in the near term, at least, we would consider him an enemy combatant and still a danger and would likely still be detained for some period of time thereafter.

NPR�s John McChesney said Hamdan could remain behind bars at Guantanamo for an �indefinite time� after an acquittal. He added that �Hamdan will not get a single day� off his detention for the seven years that he has been held at Guantanamo.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/05/pentagon-us-will-still-detain-hamdan-even-if-he-is-acquitted/

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Bonobo

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:17 PM
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1. Errr, can a whole country jump the shark? nt

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marmar

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:18 PM
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2. Two or three sharks.....

n/t

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Rage for Order

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:19 PM
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3. It is quite the quandary

If he's acquitted , where do we send him (and others in Guantanamo)? Let him go free on Main Street USA? The countries of origin of many of those in Guantanamo don't want them back, especially after they've been radicalized by being held in Gitmo for years.

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EFerrari

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:24 PM
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6. Is that true? How do we know? DoD says so?

It's more true that Bush/Cheney is afraid to repatriate these people -- to a country where they have access to support and legal representation.

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spanone

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:20 PM
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4. they will convict him and declare a huge victory in the war on terror

a $200.00 a month driver......

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mike_c

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:23 PM
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this is just another in a long and growing list of American crimes...

...against humanity.

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EFerrari

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:23 PM
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5. War criminals in the White House. n/t

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Supersedeas

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Tue Aug-05-08 08:55 PM
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7. Mukasey style justice at the extremes??

Edited on Tue Aug-05-08 08:55 PM by Supersedeas

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