Defense Wants Bush to Testify at German 9/11 Trial

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Defense Wants Bush to Testify at German 9/11 Trial

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HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Moroccan man accused in Germany of aiding and abetting the Sept. 11 attacks called Tuesday for President Bush (news - web sites) to be summoned as a witness.

Lawyer Udo Jacob, defending accused Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq, said Bush should be called to testify about accusations he granted the CIA (news - web sites) powers to send terrorism suspects to foreign countries for interrogation.

The United States has already turned down a request for former CIA chief George Tenet to testify at Motassadeq's trial, and there is no prospect of Bush appearing in court.......



Washington has declined to allow the Hamburg court to question the two men, Ramzi bin al-Shaibah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but has made available summaries of information they revealed under questioning at unknown locations.

[rodeodance]

1. wonder if Cheney will tag along? (not that either will go!!)

[Undercover Owl]

3. they should subpoena Cheney

...that would be Germany's chance to arrest him for war crimes, like Germany has been wanting to do!

[buzzard]

4. I thought it was Rumsfeld they wanted, do they want Cheney too.n/t

[Undercover Owl]

5. oh, you're probably right.

I probably got them mixed up.

[cosmicdot]

2. would they notice Dick's lips moving?

the backpack transmitter option probably would require a satellite up/down link connection and, that would be difficult to do unnoticed

[jazzjunkysue]

6. It must really burn the monkey's britches how they dare call him to

testify, as if he was a commoner, or something. Those germans just don't respect nobility, anymore.

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[tom_paine]

8. As much chance of that as Hitler testifying in New York City in 1942

on a suit brought by concentration camp victims.

The EXACT same chance, no more and no less.

It is laughable and piteable to watch the citizens of the Free World, such as Germany, trying to apply their Free World Standards to a nation like Imperial Amerika.

Of course, as Imperial Subjects of Amerika, we are to be pitied by Free World Nations much moreso than we have ANY right to pity them.

THEY have trustworthy voting systems and Free Presses.