Alleged 9/11 mastermind appears at Guantanamo tribunal

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the attacks on the United States of Sept. 11, 2001, is onThursday making his first appearance before a military tribunal at the U.S. naval base and high security prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


We got someone big. We're going to try him in a place where our laws don't apply, where we just make up any laws we like.


The U.S. government is seeking the death penalty for the accused men.

And we seek the death penalty under these laws that we just made up to insure that we get whatever we like.


Asked by the judge if he understood the charges against him, Mohammed said he rejected the laws and the system under which he was charged and would only agree to be tried under Muslim Sharia law, according to CNN.


How can you reject the laws you are to be tried under ? There are no laws, just whatever the military people feel like making up.


U.S. authorities have admitted that the controversial simulated drowning technique known as "waterboarding" was used on Mohammed, but they say he wasn't subjected to severe physical pain or undue duress.


Honest ! We didn't torture him ! We just made him feel like he was drowning until he confessed to whatever crime we felt like accusing him off ! Really, we're nice people.

Yeah , how about you undergo waterboarding for a while and see if you still consider it "non torture".


His military lawyers have said they will argue that Mohammed's confessions are not admissible as evidence because they were obtained illegally


The coffession was not obtained illegally. There were no laws to be broken.


The administration of President George W. Bush has refused to put the Guantanamo detainees on trial in either the standard military justice system or a standard U.S. civilian court, arguing that they are unlawful enemy combatants and not entitled to the same rights as ordinary criminal defendants.


Yep ! We do what we want with them. Torture, years of confinement, anything we want !


Concerns that Mohammed or his fellow defendants might divulge classified information about their interrogations or whereabouts will be addressed with a special microphone system that allows military censors to shut off audio feeds of their testimony.


And in case he might say something that might actually win public sympathy, we shut off the mikes and no one hears his pleas.

This is a kangaroo court , pure and simple. I have no sympathy for these terrorists, but you are making a sham of justice here. This system doesn't even attempt justice. This is a simple Torture until he confesses then execute him. Maybe it couldn't happen to a nicer guy , but you gotta live with someone else demanding a similar kangaroo court with you as the star defendant later on.

You should just line these people up against the wall and shoot them, and not bother with this travesty.