Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.
Well we aren’t going to get them into a court anytime soon. The government doesn’t want the full scope of the torture and human rights abuses to come to light. And every bit of evidence will be challenged on that front. These guys simply were not apprehended in a way conducive to a fair trial.
So what the hell? This was our best chance to shut down Guantanamo.
Well we aren’t going to get them into a court anytime soon. The government doesn’t want the full scope of the torture and human rights abuses to come to light. And every bit of evidence will be challenged on that front. These guys simply were not apprehended in a way conducive to a fair trial.
So what the hell? This was our best chance to shut down Guantanamo.