Guantanamo Judge Dismisses Terror Case

[CatWoman]

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A military judge dismissed terrorism-related charges Monday against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, delivering a blow to the Bush administration's attempt to try Guantanamo detainees in military courts.

The ruling raised questions about whether the U.S. would have to further revise procedures for prosecuting prisoners, leading to major delays.

The chief of military defense attorneys at Guantanamo Bay, Marine Col. Dwight Sullivan, argued that the ruling could spell the end of the war-crimes trial system set up last year by Congress and President Bush after the Supreme Court threw out the previous system.

A military prosecutor said the ruling would be appealed, and the U.S. military entity responsible for holding the military trials said it believed Congress intended to grant jurisdiction to try suspected Taliban and al-Qaida members and supporters.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070604/guantanamo-trials/

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Good. Kangaroo courts have no place in America or anywhere else.