Military Judge Denies Obama Request to Suspend Guantanamo Hearings

[TheSarge]

A military judge has refused the Obama administration's request to delay proceeding for 120 days in the case of a detainee held at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is accused of planning the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship, an al-Qaeda strike that killed 17 service members and injured 50 others.

The decision throws into some disarray the administration's plan to buy some time as it reviews individual detainee cases as part of its plan to close the prison. The Pentagon may now be forced to withdraw the charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi citizen of Yemeni descent. In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors to seek 120-day suspensions of legal proceedings in the cases of 21 detainees who have been charged.

The request was quickly granted in other cases when prosecutors told military judges that "the newly inaugurated president and his administration [can] review the military commissions process, generally, and the cases currently pending before military commissions, specifically."

But Judge James Pohl, an Army colonel, said he found the government's reasoning "unpersuasive."

Nashiri is facing arraignment on Feb. 9, and Pohl said the proceeding would go ahead.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/29/AR2009012902021.html?hpid=topnews

[Redstatecka]

Hoo-rah! Way to go, colonel.

[thundley4]

Just one military man with balls showing Obama the same respect he showed the military during his coronation. 

[JohnnyReb]

That colonel may be the last person to ever get off GITMO........God Bless 'im.

[Redstatecka]

Just one military man with balls showing Obama the same respect he showed the military during his coronation. 

You bet.

And the respect that he will show the military during his rule.

[Peter3_1]

The first thing rthat sprang to mind when Obama made the suspend the trials pronouncement was "Isn't there a SEPERATION of POWERS? Once the judicial process starts the EXECUTIVE needs to step back. Otherwise, doesn't jepardy attach?

And ALL SPENDING BILLS MUST ORIGINATE IN THE house! So the recently passed PORK and MORE PORK bill in the house should be refered to as the Pelosi Submission and Compliance Bill, not the Obama bill. As this effort, if it makes it past the Senate will FAIL UTTERLY to do what's touted and as we replace REPRESENTITIVES EVERY TWO YEARS, resting this on the shoulders of the Congress will be more productive than attaching to to Obama.

There's plenty of time to tie a can to his tail, as with his Saul Alinski derivitive ideas and tactics, he will continue to make big errors.

[Karin]

Peter, perhaps Obama was high when he took 8th grade social studies.  He does apparently think he's King.  Maybe his expectations will be torn asunder, like his worshippers, when cold reality sets in. 

[lars1701c]

Peter, perhaps Obama was high when he took 8th grade social studies.  He does apparently think he's King.  Maybe his expectations will be torn asunder, like his worshippers, when cold reality sets in. 

I applaud this judge, but since he is in the military doesn't he have to listen to the magic negro? 

[Eupher]

I applaud this judge, but since he is in the military doesn't he have to listen to the magic negro? 

Can't answer that specific question, but what blows me away is the amount of political pressure this military judge is going to be subjected to.

In any case, his career just went buh-bye. But of course, he probably knew that and doesn't much give a shit about His Holiness.

The judge has mega-balls. No doubt.

 

[rich_t]

Now there is a judge whom I would love to buy a drink.

[Crazy Horse]

Now there is an officer I would respect..............not just the rank

[Airwolf]

I agree, Buy that guy a drink. Or several drinks.

[Chris_]

This is most excellent news! This judge may suffer a bit of political heat on the surface, but he's sure to reap a ton of support from his peers and many many of his fellow Americans. He's doing what is just and right, not what is 'expected'.
And I can't think of a better 'Gitmo guest' to have this controversy come up over. There's no way that Barry & company can put up a big public fight against this without major backlash, since this is the guy that planned the USS Cole attack.

[Sam Adams]

Rush is getting his wish. The failures are a'coming! Oh good!

[Chris_]

Judge to Ooooobama:  "Bite me".   

[MarshallLaw]

Judge to Ooooobama:  "Bite me".   

I was thinking more along the lines of:


"Sir, f*ck you, sir!"

[Airwolf]

This gets better and better watching the Big Zero fail.

[jinxmchue]

A military judge has refused the Obama administration's request to delay proceeding for 120 days in the case of a detainee held at the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is accused of planning the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship, an al-Qaeda strike that killed 17 service members and injured 50 others.

The decision throws into some disarray the administration's plan to buy some time as it reviews individual detainee cases as part of its plan to close the prison. The Pentagon may now be forced to withdraw the charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi citizen of Yemeni descent. In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors to seek 120-day suspensions of legal proceedings in the cases of 21 detainees who have been charged.

The request was quickly granted in other cases when prosecutors told military judges that "the newly inaugurated president and his administration [can] review the military commissions process, generally, and the cases currently pending before military commissions, specifically."

But Judge James Pohl, an Army colonel, said he found the government's reasoning "unpersuasive."

Nashiri is facing arraignment on Feb. 9, and Pohl said the proceeding would go ahead.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/29/AR2009012902021.html?hpid=topnews

Haw haw!  Suck it, O!

[ironhorsedriver]

As Commander in Chief, legally if not morally, can the Messiah order it anyway?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

As Commander in Chief, legally if not morally, can the Messiah order it anyway?

Congress twice voted to make the tribunals law.

Obama could sign an executive order or have the judge fired. This would effectively put him at odds with the wishes of congress but that would have no practical effect as their all a bunch of jizz-swilling sychophants anyway and it's not like the MSM would make an issue of B Hussein O defying congress to abrogate laws enacted under Bush.