Originally posted by LaokinI read this BBC article, all they say is that Obama and the attorney general WANTED to try him in US Federal courts, and were prepared to do so but blamed Congress for the reversal:
Isn't this the reason he's going to millitary tribunnal? If they tried him anywhere else they'd have to let him go.....
People actually tend to believe that Habeas Corpus only applies to American Citizens....
www.bbc.co.uk...
Mr Holder blamed Congress for the high profile policy reversal, saying his hands "were tied" by "unwise and narrow" restrictions they had placed on the administration.They don't really go into detail about the "unwise and narrow" restrictions imposed by congress, anyone have the scoop on those?
But, he said, the Justice Department had been prepared to "bring a powerful case" against Mohammed and his four co-conspirators
Mr Holder noted though that the death penalty could be still sought in the case.
And from that it's not clear that they intend to seek a death penalty, if they don't, there will be nothing for Obama to sign. It only says they COULD seek it.
