So what are people thinking about Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani?

[Irving]

So nothing on this? Is it a total non-issue?

[ghettodub]

I don't have feelings one way or another about it

[bellavite1]

He should be tried and sentenced following the laws of the shit hole country he came from.
FUCK OBAMA.

[BPTactical]

It is total BS that a military combatant is allowed to be tried in a civilian court of law. Oboingo and his Administration knew damn well this type of ruling would be the norm for these cases.
"Rendering aid and Comfort to the Enemy"
I believe that this would fall under the above description.
That is also one of the criteria for being tried for treason.


Maybe we are trying the wrong people.....



I could not agree with Bellavite 1 more on his closing statement.

[DeusExMachina]

To me it says the justice system works...

What do you think, the jurors were like, "Hey, all this evidence says he did it, but lets be funny and acquit him!"

Obviously the evidence was not there. If anything, that one charge was "forced" upon him due to the high profile of the case.

It still carries a minimum 20 years, possible life sentence.

[Byte Stryke]

So nothing on this? Is it a total non-issue?

not that its a non-issue
nothing to debate.

[OgenRwot]

Should have never been tried in civilian court. There is nothing in our law or international law that even hints at the fact that he should have been tried in civil court. Captured on the battlefield during a battle in a foreign country and he's not a US Citizen not to mention he killed over 200 people. Military tribunal and hang his ass. But no, Obama, Holder and Co decide to "do the right thing" and he get conspiracy to destroy a building. WTF is that?

[roberth]

He is a mass murderer and should be tried in a military tribunal and summarily executed immediately after sentencing.

The current resident of the oval office thinks that fighting terrorism is some sort of police action or maybe less than that. The messiah and his staff are subverting military justice just like they inhibit military operations overseas.

I would love to see Barack Hussien Obama and Eric Holder tried for aiding and abetting the enemy during time of war, then hang these sons-of-a-bitches high and in public, leave them hanging for few days. I am certain there are pigeons in DC that would love to shit on their heads.

[DeusExMachina]

But how do you know he is?

If the government said "that guy is bad and he's Muslim" you would believe it?

Worked real well for Germany.

[roberth]

The key sentence in the article

Because of the unusual circumstances of Mr. Ghailani’s case, the prosecution faced significant legal hurdles even getting his case to trial. On the eve of the start of his trial in October, month, the government lost a key ruling that may have seriously damaged its chances of winning convictions. In the ruling, the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan, barred prosecutors from using an important witness against Mr. Ghailani because the government had learned about the man through Mr. Ghailani’s interrogation while he was in C.I.A. custody, where his lawyers say he was tortured.

The judge took the side of the defendant and that was the end of the case. IMO the judge was biased for the defense which is not surprising.

In any case, Ghailani should not have been tried in civilian court.

I would further argue that the result of this trial is exactly what obama/holder were looking for. obama/holder being typical liberals who carry the water for criminal rights and ignore the plight of the victims.