Buried Evidence Revealed in Guantanamo Trial

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Buried evidence revealed in Guantanamo trial
Thu Nov 8, 2007 5:45pm ET

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. government has for years had secret evidence that could help a young Canadian prisoner defend himself in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals, a military defense lawyer said on Thursday.

Prosecutors notified prisoner Omar Khadr's military lawyer two days ago of the existence of "potentially exculpatory evidence" from a U.S. government eyewitness to the battle in Afghanistan that resulted in Khadr's capture in 2002, Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler said. "It's an eyewitness the government has always known about," Kuebler told reporters after Khadr was arraigned for the third time on charges of killing a U.S. soldier. "This is something that was buried because nobody ever looked."

It was unclear when military prosecutors learned about that witness and they declined to speak to reporters at the U.S. naval base in southeastern Cuba. The evidence is secret and Kuebler would not say which government entity employed the witness.

But he said the evidence could challenge the government's assertion that Khadr is an "unlawful enemy combatant" subject to trial by the special military tribunals the Bush administration set up to try foreign captives held as suspected terrorists at Guantanamo.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. That kid was FIFTEEN when they bagged him and hauled him off to languish in prison.

All this time they've known about evidence which could exculpate him, but ignored it. That sounds about par for these vampires.

Apparently they should save everyone some time and just declare war on everyone who is not blindlingly white, and a hypocrite Christian, and more important than life itself, a Republican racist like them.

[PDJane]

2. Moreover, that young man is a Canadian citizen,

And Stephen Harper has been so busy following the George Bush model that he has left Khadr to languish.

Kahdr has been asking for crayons, for crissake. He's gone the way of José Padilla; he's losing his mind and regressing. Isn't this a record to be proud of?

:grr:

[The Stranger]

3. Don't let the records of everyone involved with the Guantanamo concentration camp disappear.

We will need to know everyone who was involved.

[JDPriestly]

4. Violations of the Geneva Conventions -- war crimes.

If this is true, this kid's life has been ruined for nothing. What a bunch of bureaucratic thugs. What if this boy were your son, George W. Bush? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Isn't that supposed to be the Golden Rule for Christian living? What kind of Christians commit crimes like this? The Constitution requires a speedy trial for a reason -- to avoid crimes like this.

[ixion]

5. the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals... HAH! Guantanamo is a war crime in and of

itself. There is nothing "tribunal" about it.