ABA Backs Federal Court Trials of Alleged 9/11 Plotters

The president of the American Bar Association sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today praising the decision to pursue federal court prosecutions of five Guantanamo detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks. The Nov. 25 letter, signed by ABA President Carolyn Lamm, comes after Holder became the target of criticism from conservative politicians for his decision to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others in New York. The letter calls the military commissions before which the detainees were originally charged “constitutionally flawed” and lauds the U.S. court system as “well-equipped to handle trials of this magnitude.” ......
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  1. #1    Blow it out your ears, right wing fear mongers.
    written by protect_democracy since 75 days 23 hours 23 minutesprotect_democracy
  2. #2    "The president of the American Bar Association sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today praising the decision to pursue federal court prosecutions of five Guantanamo detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks."
    ....The letter calls the military commissions before which the detainees were originally charged “constitutionally flawed” so what about the poor shmucks at Gitmo?
    written by bloozguy since 75 days 22 hours 7 minutesbloozguy
  3. #3    I think that was implied in the message, bloozguy.
    written by protect_democracy since 75 days 20 hours 59 minutesprotect_democracy
  4. #4    Implied but not directly tied as a "but" to their "praise". They should be way past "implying". and now there's this: http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/freedom-life-of-turkeys-men-by-sibel-edmonds-bagram-prison-exposed/
    written by bloozguy since 75 days 20 hours 25 minutesbloozguy
  5. #5    It's to cover up the fact that 911 was an inside job (and no, I don't like Libertarian whacko Alex Jones).
    written by epppie since 75 days 44 minutesepppie
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