Comments on: First Conviction Out Of Guantanamo A Farce http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:12:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DosPeros http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-294489 DosPeros Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:44:51 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-294489 I would suggest reading Sec. 950B of the Miltary Commissions Act of 2006. The convening authority is granted sole discretion to not only over-ride the military tribunals sentence (although they can't add to a sentence), but they can SET ASIDE A FINDING OF GUILTY. It makes good sense to give the convening authority a wide degree of latitude and flexibility if one believes that national security interests & strategy may be a factor in the disposition of any given case. Just off the top of my head, a case in which an enemy combatant is willing to become a U.S. agent. It really is not that difficult to come up with a whole-bunch of senerios in the WoT. http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/PL-109-366.pdf I would suggest reading Sec. 950B of the Miltary Commissions Act of 2006. The convening authority is granted sole discretion to not only over-ride the military tribunals sentence (although they can’t add to a sentence), but they can SET ASIDE A FINDING OF GUILTY.

It makes good sense to give the convening authority a wide degree of latitude and flexibility if one believes that national security interests & strategy may be a factor in the disposition of any given case. Just off the top of my head, a case in which an enemy combatant is willing to become a U.S. agent. It really is not that difficult to come up with a whole-bunch of senerios in the WoT.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/PL-109-366.pdf

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-294433 probligo Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:15:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-294433 The cavalry riding over the hill to save John Howard... The most interesting thing in this item is whether the Australian electorate will be taken in by the back-scratching and paw shaking between Bush and his pet pug. The cavalry riding over the hill to save John Howard…

The most interesting thing in this item is whether the Australian electorate will be taken in by the back-scratching and paw shaking between Bush and his pet pug.

]]> By: bob in fl http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-294269 bob in fl Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:42:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-294269 And the next witness before the House or Senate Judiciary Committee(s) is sure to be Ms. Howard. And her link with Tricky Dickie II should make things interesting... And how do you hold someone for 4 1/2 years for a crime that had not been invented yet? Yet another hole in the Constitution... And the next witness before the House or Senate Judiciary Committee(s) is sure to be Ms. Howard. And her link with Tricky Dickie II should make things interesting…

And how do you hold someone for 4 1/2 years for a crime that had not been invented yet? Yet another hole in the Constitution…

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-294115 Justin Gardner Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:51:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-294115 Haha...well say so next time! :+D Haha…well say so next time! :+D

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-294062 Jimmy the Dhimmi Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:44:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-294062 I actually agree with you on this. If I disagree with you, you usually will hear it! =P I actually agree with you on this. If I disagree with you, you usually will hear it! =P

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-293937 Justin Gardner Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:56:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-293937 And to the actual points in the post? Do you have anything to say about our ridiculous non-conviction/political giveaway to the Australian government? I know we don't agree about much Jimmy, but you have to have something to say about how this was handled. And to the actual points in the post? Do you have anything to say about our ridiculous non-conviction/political giveaway to the Australian government?

I know we don’t agree about much Jimmy, but you have to have something to say about how this was handled.

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/comment-page-1/#comment-293901 Jimmy the Dhimmi Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:10:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/04/01/first-conviction-out-of-guantanamo-a-farce/#comment-293901 First of all, can we stop calling him "David Hicks?" His name is Mohammad Dawood. Period. No one would ever refer to the names Lew Alcindor, Cassius Clay, or Cat Stevens anymore. The only reason people still call him David Hicks is because the lawyers want to portray him as an innocent, good 'ol white-boy, and artificially dissociate him in every aspect from the radical, anti-semetic, militant form of Wahabbi Islam which he has whole-hartedly embraced. First of all, can we stop calling him “David Hicks?” His name is Mohammad Dawood. Period. No one would ever refer to the names Lew Alcindor, Cassius Clay, or Cat Stevens anymore.

The only reason people still call him David Hicks is because the lawyers want to portray him as an innocent, good ‘ol white-boy, and artificially dissociate him in every aspect from the radical, anti-semetic, militant form of Wahabbi Islam which he has whole-hartedly embraced.

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