Terrorism approaches the courtroom

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Terrorism approaches the courtroom

 

A bungled prosecution gives Benghazi defendant constitutional protection

 

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - - Wednesday, August 5, 2015

More than Hillary Clinton’s missing emails is bedeviling the legal system in the aftermath of the outrage at Benghazi. A Libyan terrorist, accused in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound, asked a federal judge Monday in Washington to dismiss the charges and send him home to Libya.Ahmed Abu Khattala says his capture and jailing in the United States, pending a trial, is a “government conspiracy.”

 

He may have a point. President Obama chose to have him kidnapped on Libyan soil and interrogated without legal counsel, then imprisoned in the United States, and granted the constitutional protections meant for Americans. Treating him as both an enemy combatant and a criminal suspect has given Abu Khattala an opening to charge government misbehavior. If the president had not schemed to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp without regard to U.S. security, Abu Khattala would likely be a guest in the same tropical prison

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US Interrogation Strategy Gets Scrutiny in Benghazi Case From The Associated Press:

After a suspected militant was captured last year to face charges for the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, he was brought to the U.S. aboard a Navy transport ship on a 13-day trip that his lawyers say could have taken 13 hours by plane.

 

Ahmed Abu Khattala faced days of questioning aboard the USS New York from separate teams of American interrogators, part of a two-step process designed to obtain both national security intelligence and evidence usable in a criminal prosecution.

 

The case, still in its early stages, is focusing attention on an interrogation strategy that the Obama administration has used in just a few recent terrorism investigations and prosecutions. Abu Khattala’s lawyers already have signaled a challenge to the process, setting the stage for a rare court clash over a tactic that has riled civil liberties groups but is seen by the government as a vital and appropriate tool in prosecuting suspected terrorists captured overseas.

Read the entire article…http://www.aim.org/benghazi/us-interrogation-strategy-gets-scrutiny-in-benghazi-case/