Klaus
Refugee
So it seems that the government can't even declassify some papers around 9/11 which would be enough so that Zacarias Moussaouis trial dosn't have to be dismissed?
I'm a little confused
from NY Times
So i'm affraid we need the tribunal to ensure that the Court says guilty, no matter what. So that the public dosn't have to care about details like faked documents who proof his guilt.
I don't see big chances to ensure that Military Tribunals don't abuse their power
Klaus
I'm a little confused
from NY Times
In court papers, the department said Attorney General John Ashcroft had determined that testimony from the accused terrorist Ramzi bin al-Shibh, a confessed participant in the Sept. 11 attacks, "would necessarily result in the unauthorized disclosure of classified information" and that "such a scenario is unacceptable to the government."
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Bush administration officials have said for months that if Mr. Moussaoui's indictment were dismissed, his prosecution would almost certainly be moved to a military tribunal, where Mr. Moussaoui would be expected to have fewer rights to gather testimony from witnesses like Mr. bin al-Shibh.
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Mr. Moussaoui, a French citizen who was arrested in Minnesota on immigration charges in August 2001, has acknowledged that he is a member of Al Qaeda and is loyal to Osama bin Laden. But he has insisted that he had nothing to do with the Sept. 11 attacks, a claim he has repeatedly made in handwritten court motions. Mr. Moussaoui, who is trying to act as his own lawyer, has said that Mr. bin al-Shibh has information that could prove his innocence.
So i'm affraid we need the tribunal to ensure that the Court says guilty, no matter what. So that the public dosn't have to care about details like faked documents who proof his guilt.
I don't see big chances to ensure that Military Tribunals don't abuse their power
Klaus