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March 3rd, 2008, 11:34 PM
Khadr lawyers allege Cheney linked to video release
OTTAWA — Omar Khadr's defense lawyers will try to find out whether U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office secretly leaked a video of the detained Canadian to an American media outlet – an allegation that, if proven, would be a clear violation of court orders and further proof that the process by which Mr. Khadr is being tried is a political, not legal one, his military lawyer says. In an interview with The Globe and Mail Monday night, Lieutenant Commander Bill Kuebler said he is trying to find out how a highly secret video showing Mr. Khadr in Afghanistan was leaked to the U.S. news program 60 Minutes. The video appears to show Mr. Khadr building a bomb.
The news program aired the footage last November.
Lt.-Cmdr Kuebler, Mr. Khadr's top U.S. military lawyer, said he met with Colonel Morris Davis, the previous top prosecutor of military commissions – the body that is expected to try Mr. Khadr in Guantanamo Bay later this year – last week.
At the meeting, Lt.-Cmdr. Kuebler asked the Colonel where he thought the leak may have come from. In response, Lt. Cmdr. Kuebler said, Col. Davis offered the opinion that the Vice-President's office may have been involved.
Col. Davis resigned as chief prosecutor in October of last year, saying political pressure was interfering with his job.
If the allegation that the Vice President's office was involved in the leak is proven to be true, it would be a violation of the protective orders imposed on evidence in the case, Lt. Cmdr. Kuebler said.
But he added that it would also show the length that the government is prepared to go to prejudice the public against the detained Canadian.
Read full story here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../National/home
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If true, then I wonder why pick little Omar Khadr from all the other detainees? Because he is a Canadian? Why would Cheney want to put a Canadian "terrorist" into the public spotlight? What does that gain him?
Another thing I do not understand is, WHY is Omar accused of murder? He was in a war situation. Are then all the American soldiers murderers too? That would only be fair. All Soldiers who kill an enemy are murderers! All must go to jail or face the death penalty! Wouldn't that be the logical conclusion?
Khadr lawyers allege Cheney linked to video release
OTTAWA — Omar Khadr's defense lawyers will try to find out whether U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office secretly leaked a video of the detained Canadian to an American media outlet – an allegation that, if proven, would be a clear violation of court orders and further proof that the process by which Mr. Khadr is being tried is a political, not legal one, his military lawyer says. In an interview with The Globe and Mail Monday night, Lieutenant Commander Bill Kuebler said he is trying to find out how a highly secret video showing Mr. Khadr in Afghanistan was leaked to the U.S. news program 60 Minutes. The video appears to show Mr. Khadr building a bomb.
The news program aired the footage last November.
Lt.-Cmdr Kuebler, Mr. Khadr's top U.S. military lawyer, said he met with Colonel Morris Davis, the previous top prosecutor of military commissions – the body that is expected to try Mr. Khadr in Guantanamo Bay later this year – last week.
At the meeting, Lt.-Cmdr. Kuebler asked the Colonel where he thought the leak may have come from. In response, Lt. Cmdr. Kuebler said, Col. Davis offered the opinion that the Vice-President's office may have been involved.
Col. Davis resigned as chief prosecutor in October of last year, saying political pressure was interfering with his job.
If the allegation that the Vice President's office was involved in the leak is proven to be true, it would be a violation of the protective orders imposed on evidence in the case, Lt. Cmdr. Kuebler said.
But he added that it would also show the length that the government is prepared to go to prejudice the public against the detained Canadian.
Read full story here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../National/home
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If true, then I wonder why pick little Omar Khadr from all the other detainees? Because he is a Canadian? Why would Cheney want to put a Canadian "terrorist" into the public spotlight? What does that gain him?
Another thing I do not understand is, WHY is Omar accused of murder? He was in a war situation. Are then all the American soldiers murderers too? That would only be fair. All Soldiers who kill an enemy are murderers! All must go to jail or face the death penalty! Wouldn't that be the logical conclusion?
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March 5th, 2008, 11:31 PM
I want to bring Omar back up into the spotlight!
I found an excellent article from the Globe and Mail, titled:
Bring Omar Khadr Home
It May Not Be Popular But It's The Right Thing To Do
I want to bring Omar back up into the spotlight!
I found an excellent article from the Globe and Mail, titled:
Bring Omar Khadr Home
It May Not Be Popular But It's The Right Thing To Do
Quote:
http://www.irwincotler.parl.gc.ca/de...=news&sid=2734
Irwin Cotler, Liberal MP for Mount Royal, has joined other scholars and human rights lawyers in two amicus briefs before U.S. tribunals on the Khadr case.
The Angry Beaver
Posts: 3,660
Location: Atlantic Canada
Location: Atlantic Canada
March 6th, 2008, 09:10 AM
Yeah, the US ghosts have been trying to make an example out of him in at least two ways.... both of which they royally screwed up in more ways then two. Bring him back. Regardless if his parents are westren hating ungrateful swines, there is more evidence that he was thrown in at a young age and influenced heavily to follow what he was told.
Bring him here, throw him on trial or some kind of normal and ligit court process, find him guilty or not, but at least make it fair.
The US's Ghetto-Bay is a witch hunt.
Yeah, the US ghosts have been trying to make an example out of him in at least two ways.... both of which they royally screwed up in more ways then two. Bring him back. Regardless if his parents are westren hating ungrateful swines, there is more evidence that he was thrown in at a young age and influenced heavily to follow what he was told.
Bring him here, throw him on trial or some kind of normal and ligit court process, find him guilty or not, but at least make it fair.
The US's Ghetto-Bay is a witch hunt.
