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Unlawful or Lawful; Detainees at Guantanamo Bay

Abstract:
There's something to be said of lawyers who represent the underdog, who take on the really difficult cases.

Former?Lt.?Commander Charles Swift became one of those lawyers when he was assigned to the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay....

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Hiram Abiff

posted 2/04/08 @ 10:39 PM CST

Has this guy ever read the law? He is completely wrong when he said: "For instance, the defendant is not allowed self-representation, not because of lack of knowledge of law, Swift said" The Military Commissions Act allows for self-representation.

Also, it's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, not "Sheikh Khalid Mohammed" and "Moussawi" is also misspelled.
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Frank

posted 2/05/08 @ 3:45 PM CST

Originally posted by

Hiram Abiff

 Has this guy ever read the law? He is completely wrong when he said: "For instance, the defendant is not allowed self-representation, not because of lack of knowledge of law, Swift said" The Military Commissions Act allows for self-representation.

Also, it's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, not "Sheikh Khalid Mohammed" and "Moussawi" is also misspelled.


Those brought before a Military Commission were not allowed to represent themselves before the Military Commissions Act, which came about because Swift took this case. I think he should know what he's talking about since he was recognized as one of the top 100 influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal in June 2006. Not counting his other many distinguished law related awards.

"Sheikh Khalid Mohammed" is how he said it. There are different ways of spelling "Moussaoui". Oops.
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Vegetarian

posted 2/09/08 @ 6:18 AM CST

By going against the Geneva convention makes us like others that have gone against it like Adolf Hitler. He followed the philosophy that the ends justifies the means. I would hope that Senator Clinton would be against this.
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