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I figure that his attorneys are going to go absolutely wild about the admitted waterboarding of this man - repeatedly - and that any confessions obtained should be thrown out.

Of course, I have no crystal ball, and I have no direct insight into this case, but the mind fairly boggles at the concept of unending days of media coverage, special reports, "just in...this bulletin on a ruling by the judge in the..."

Oi vey.

Okay, I love law, but this is going to be a circus. Thank God Lance Ito won't be the judge.

They should have taken him out, shaved his beard, and beheaded him.
Why?
If you are beardless and beheaded you can not enter Paradise.
That is why Saudis behead serious criminals.
They cut off the right hand of a burglar, even if he is left handed, because you can not eat with your left hand in public.

Definately the 3 ring circus of the century! remember this guy was water boarded like 180 some times.. Monkey wrench?

Having retired from Corrections, I can tell you there are fates far worse than death. Being sentenced to Maximum with Bubba No Neck who needs a new source of revenue for his drug habit is one. I'll let your figure our the rest.

If there is in depth coverage of the trial, we will. probably learn a lot about the workings of the minds of people who would be terrorists. I'm glad the trial is being held here and in open so we know what we have only been speculating about.

Transparency is a good thing!

I have no problem with an open trial. I'll read the transcripts and opinions. I just hope there is not a media circus, but you know there will be. There IS other news, after all. I don't remember if the feds allow cameras in the courtroom. If not, there will be a sketch artist and people taking notes. However, I groan at the thought of seeing and hearing virtually nothing else while it is going on. I understand it makes money for the networks. (sigh) This is why there are cable channels with no news content, I suppose.

We'll learn a lot about profilers who think they are in the minds of those who would be terrorists. I can't imagine any attorney allowing this man to testify. Yikes! But, he may refuse legal counsel and represent himself, which would be another problem altogether. And the interrogators who tortured him will not be presented because they open up too many avenues to information.

The waterboarding will be a problem because we prosecuted Japanese during WWII who waterboarded our troops. view link So if we incarcerate (and possibly execute) Japanese for this then there is legal precedent and the defense is going to go to the mat to exclude any statement made after torture began. This is, after all, America, not North Korea, China, Burma or other countries we chose to look down on for torturing people.

We've already defined it as torture and proscribed it. The fact that the former administration chose to ignore this fact doesn't mean that it won't be a defense.

Cathbad, surely you don't mean you'd execute the man without a trial? What makes us any better than them if we act like they do? We have rules of conduct here which separate us from terrorists. I'm thankful we maintain them - for ourselves and our own integrity.

LenRobertson, you prove my point (in another topic forum) about why life in prison is a more devastating sentence than being executed.

And who will the Jurors be? Is the government going to promise lifetime security for you and your family, friends, and pets. You have to know that the terrorists will go after you.

John Q. Public as a jury, Military, jury of his pears? Yea got a lil problem..

CA --Actually I've heard that some guys are very happy in prison.. Once they get out they can't cope & actually want back in. BNut then living is harder than being dead.