Guantanamo prepares for next military trial of terrorism suspect

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/us/gitmo-trial/


The Pentagon moved closer Wednesday to its next military trial on the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the suspected ringleader of the deadly bombing of the USS Cole.

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The "referral of charges" by the Defense Department Military Commissions unit sets in motion a chain of events that will lead to the appointment of a military officer as the trial judge in the case and a meeting of the judge, prosecutors and defense lawyers in coming weeks. The arraignment will take place within 30 days.

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One of al-Nashiri's civilian defense lawyers said his legal team was disappointed in the government action.

"We are disappointed the United States will now descend further down the path of expedient and secret justice that military commissions have come to represent," Rick Kammen said in an e-mail.

-snip of our torturing him and that a 'kill switch' will be in the courtroom in case he says something they don't want us to hear-
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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Honest inquiry: Has the military tribunals ever acquitted a Guantanamo detainee

or ruled for time served and released the detainee? Or does The System just perpetuate their sentences indefinitely?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "Military Justice" trans: Lead the guilty man in for a fair trial and sentencing.