Posts tagged with 'charges'

Get Ready for the Appeals: US Charges Gitmo 6 with 9/11 Attack

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 11 2008 04:32 PM | PERMALINK

It happened: Six Gitmo detainees accused of "central roles" in 9/11 have been charged with conspiracy and murder "in violation of the law of war." [A law we're sure has some little tidbit about rules of torture, right?] The Pentagon announced that military prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty as Death By Waterboarding just isn't getting the popular acclaim they hoped.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, legal advisor to the DOD, said that it will be up to the trial judge how to handle evidence...
Serial GOP leaker leaks again

POSTED BY MICHAEL ROSTON, FEBRUARY 09 2008 01:30 PM | PERMALINK

President Bush sure is the sort of leader who never deviates from principles once he commits to them. And if those principles involve sending partisan operatives to Iraq to engage in the task of nation-building, regardless of their experience and qualifications, then so be it. President Bush is a principled man, and always on the prowl for other principled men and women to send around the world, consequences be damned.

This week we've seen the case of Manuel Miranda pop up. The former staffer to...