Comments on: Hamdan sentenced to 5.5 years in prison, though he may still be detained indefinitely.

By: DieNowForPeace

DieNowForPeace — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:02:20 +0000

Hey, if they let him out in 5 months, he could be Cheney’s driver!

By: opit

opit — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:47:45 +0000

You weren’t tipped off by international kidnapping, torture and loss of Habeas Corpus – putting civil liberties in the trash ? How about bald-faced lying to Congress and the people while leaning on intel to produce bogus ‘assessments’ to ‘justify ‘pre-emptive war’ ( with air strikes ) against an emotion ?

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:48:52 +0000

Holding people indefinitely, beyond their time served(if properly convicted) is antithetical to American Rule of Law. This can happen to anyone these people in the US Government seek to silence.

Today, it is mainly foreigners with a US citizen thrown in to remind us all of our place. Who will it be next time… a few foreigners sprinkled in to make us think that it isn’t us, our way of life, our FREEDOMS that they truly hate. Why else would the Highest Officials of our Nation and Justice system seek such perversions?

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:43:29 +0000

I can hear it now…

“But, but, but… they’ll get lawyers and seek justice.”

Oh, Cheney already argued this point because, as we all know, like the child molesting parent, they too will hold the child at home for fear of authorities being alerted.

By: DieNowForPeace

DieNowForPeace — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:20:51 +0000

Pity OBL’s manicurist, eh?

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:07:46 +0000

“Mr. Hamdan, you’ve served your time. As a result you’re free to stay here and continue the forced feedings. You’re free from the hard work of chewing.”

By: Luis M

Luis M — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:01:55 +0000

Well, for what it is worth, he’s getting credit for time served, so his sentence will be done in a few months. Note here.

But yeah, he can still be held indefinitely for as long as the US Government wants. So he’ll be a free man, locked up in jail.

Wow, great going there re-defining “freedom”.

By: pete

pete — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:53:03 +0000

With any luck, the U.S. will be a lawful nation, again, once Mr. Hamdan’s sentence is served. But I still can’t get over the lack of outrage directed at Bushco for announcing they intend to defy the rulings of ANY court.

I’m really getting sick of asking, “WTF did they do now”, every effing day!

By: dbadass

dbadass — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:39:09 +0000

Well this certainly will send a strong message to OBL’s paperboy…

By: galmud

galmud — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:26:34 +0000

So basically Hamdans sentence is x + 5,5 years where x is duration of a war against an abstract phenomenon as defined by the regime who holds him captive?

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:17:27 +0000

Attorney General Michael Mukasey argued the U.S. should be able to imprison detainees “for the duration of the conflict” with “al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations.”

thus ensuring the duration of the conflict…

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:16:11 +0000

Chris L Says:

Themis,

If we find the guy that delivered pizza for Tim McVeigh, or the landscaper for David Koresh, what should their sentence be? What if we find the maid that worked for Ted Bundy, or Charles Manson’s tattoo artist?

Why stop there, lets prosecute anyone in a 6 degrees of separation from bin Lauden, instead of Kevin Bacon.

Lets see, GW Bush is great (kissing) friends with the royal Saudi family, which the bin Laudens are members of, so there are 3 degrees of separation from GW Bush AND GHW Bush, so under this logic, both should be tried as material supporters of terrorism.

Fun game =)

By: cjmartinez

cjmartinez — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:13:40 +0000

They’ll hold him on “immigration charges” for another 5 years. He wasn’t kidnapped with valid papers.

By: Uncle Ho

Uncle Ho — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:59:29 +0000

Keith says;….and even if someone is found innocent at a Gitmo trial, they are not released?

Nope.

By: raynman

raynman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:58:37 +0000

Wow, even James Bond didn’t have missles in the lime… Someone better go talk to Q and tell him to get busy.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:55:35 +0000

She was a limey, hence the confusion.

By: Crusty Old Bastard

Crusty Old Bastard — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:54:54 +0000

“…argued the U.S. should be able to imprison detainees ‘for the duration of the conflict’ with…associated organizations.”

Hey Guys, this could be what we have been waiting for! We can lock up George WTF, The Dick, and the rest of bushco for as long as there is a GOP.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:54:40 +0000

You cannot be Cerious, missiles in a lime? Who said it was a “she”?

By: DieNowForPeace

DieNowForPeace — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:52:53 +0000

Wingnuts: nothin’ but a bunch of mental midgets suffering from Napoleon complex.

You need help, but I’d rather you wallow in your cowering little corner of fear.

Sometimes we hate, but it’s usually in the direction of feckless, cowardly pukes like YOU.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:52:49 +0000

Or limo, geez, as the case may be…