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Earlier we reported that due to a technical oversight by the Bush administration, charges against a Guantanamo detainee, Omar Khadr, were dismissed.
The defense lawyer, Col Dwight Sullivan, said this could lead to the dismissal of all charges against ALL detainees at Gitmo.
Well, as Sullivan predicted, Khadr's ruling paved the way for the charges against Bin Laden's driver to be dismissed.
Military judges dismissed charges Monday against a Guantanamo detainee who chauffeured Osama bin Laden and another who allegedly killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, marking a stunning setback to Washington's attempts to try detainees in military court.
A judge said he did not have jurisdiction to try bin Laden's driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, under a 2006 U.S. law authorizing the tribunals for foreign terrorism suspects. It was the second major legal victory for Hamdan, who last year won a U.S. Supreme Court challenge that scrapped the first Guantanamo tribunal system.
From a Frameshop perspective, that means that Bush screwed up royally & just let 380 "terrorists" *escape* justice.
That's not 100% true - starting with the idea that all these men are dangerous terrorists. Many appear to be innocent or just grunts making a living or following orders.
However, the point is that Bushco's incompetence is once again highlighted by their careless classification of these detainees.
The meme should be: How can Bush & the GOP protect us from the terrorists if they let them off because of a technicality?
Interesting day...
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