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Maj Tom Fleener

Life Sentence for Al-Qaeda Propagandist Fails to Justify Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Maj. Tom Fleener, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Fbi, Lackawanna Six, Military Commissions Act, Col. Ronald Gregory, Maj. David Frakt, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In any credible court system, the eve-of-election conviction of an associate of Osama bin Laden for producing promotional material for al-Qaeda, which...

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An Empty Trial at Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Maj. Tom Fleener, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Col. Ronald Gregory, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Maj. David Frakt, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Yesterday, the second trial by Military Commission at Guantánamo -- the second US "war crimes" trial since WWII -- opened not with a bang, and not even with a whimper, but with complete silence.

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