The military was scrambling Monday to put together defense teams for the six Guantánamo captives singled out by a Pentagon prosecutor for death-penalty eligible charges alleging they conspired to kill thousands in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
"I will move as quickly as I can, but we will take our time and we will not be bullied by the government," said Army Col. Steve David, Chief Defense Counsel in the Office of Military Commissions. David, an Indiana state judge who was mobilized to the job, said at a bare minimum he needed six lawyers, six paralegals and six independent investigators with top security clearances to work on the trials.
As of Monday morning, he said, he had a sum total of seven military lawyers assigned to his office.
Thoughts
Gitmo Trials
Submitted on February 12th, 2008 by KozloIt's going on the 7th year since 9/11, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is still alive. It's ashame that here in this country Liberals and Democrats are more worried about the well being of these terrorists (in Gitmo) and making every attempt to bring those murderers up here to put them in our own judical system. And, you may ask why are the Liberals and Dems trying to bring these Gitmo terrorists up here? They want to turn any trials into a political freak show to attack the Bush Administration. But, the bottom line is this. The Liberals, Democrats are weak on National Security. They go to bat for people who killed Americans here and abroad. So, remember, when you go to vote in Mov.08, it's the Democrats that want to give the terrorists rights at the expense of dead Americans. SHAME!!!