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Administration Shelves The Trial Of Alleged USS Cole Bomber
The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.Clinton wouldn't do anything, and now The One won't bring him to trial That's after Bambi criticized the Bush administration for not getting this joker to trial quickly enough. How times change ... The decision at least temporarily scuttles what was supposed to be the signature trial of a major al-Qaeda figure under a reformed system of military commissions. And it comes practically on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attack, which killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens when a boat packed with explosives ripped a hole in the side of the warship in the port of Aden. Military officials said a team of prosecutors in the Nashiri case has been ready go to trial for some time. And several months ago, military officials seemed confident that Nashiri would be arraigned this summer. Hum so the prosecution team have evidence, enough to go to trial, but the Obama guys are now actively investigating the case against Mr. al-Nashiri and are developing charges against him. They'll keep investigating until Mr. Holder feels he can wash his hands on the whole matter, at which point they'll ship Nashiri back to a hero's welcome in Yemen. "It's politics at this point," said one military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss policy. He said he thinks the administration does not want to proceed against a high-value detainee without some prospect of civilian trials for other major figures at Guantanamo Bay. And quoting Mr. Holder in 2008 "With regard to the Cole bombing, that was an attack on a United States warship, and that, I think, is appropriately placed into the military commission setting," Holder said. Just another situation of this Hope and Change voters bought into. Posted by: Beavis 2010-08-27 |
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