{"id":21246,"date":"2010-11-18T07:04:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21246"},"modified":"2010-11-18T07:04:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T11:04:48","slug":"gitmo-detainee-cleared-of-284-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21246","title":{"rendered":"Gitmo detainee cleared of 284 charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahmed Ghailani, a participant in the bombing of the US embassies in eastern Africa in 1998 was being tried in a New York City federal district court and was the Obama Administration’s centerpiece trial for avoiding trial by military commissions and escaping the shadow of the Bush Administration. Well, the civilian jury cleared Ghailani of all of the murder charges leveled against him as well as nearly 60 other charges. The Washington Post<\/a> tells us;<\/p>\n

The outcome, a surprise, seriously undermines – and could doom – the Obama administration’s plans to put other Guantanamo detainees on trial in U.S. civilian courts. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, it was a surprise if you’ve been locked in a closet for the last nine years. The Bush Administration and everyone who ever knew the smallest details of the military commissions predicted this would happen…but not the Washington Post and the Obama Administration apparently.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times<\/a> reports the Obama Administration’s reaction;<\/p>\n

The Obama administration didn’t address such criticisms Wednesday and focused instead on the one charge on which Ghailani was convicted.<\/p>\n

“We respect the jury’s verdict and are pleased that Ahmed Ghailani now faces a minimum of 20 years in prison and a potential life sentence for his role in the embassy bombings,” Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, they barely dodged a bullet and they think it’s a success.<\/p>\n

Of course, this is a result of doing the opposite of the Bush Administration just for the sake of being contrary. Closing Guantanamo isn’t going as smoothly as it sounded while the Obama crew was on the campaign trail – all of those Obama voters can tic off another thing he promised and didn’t accomplish because the president has been gob-smacked by reality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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