Lawyer: Gitmo Trials Tied to Election

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Lawyer: Gitmo Trials Tied to Election
March 31, 2008
Miami Herald

The Navy lawyer for Osama bin Laden's driver argues in a Guantanamo military commissions motion that senior Pentagon officials are orchestrating war crimes prosecutions for the 2008 campaign.

The Pentagon declined late March 28 to address the defense lawyer's allegations, noting that the matter is under litigation.

The brief filed March 29 by Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer directly challenged the integrity of President Bush's war court.

Notably, it describes a Sept. 29, 2006, meeting at the Pentagon in which Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, a veteran White House appointee, asked lawyers to consider Sept. 11, 2001, prosecutions in light of the campaign.

"We need to think about charging some of the high-value detainees because there could be strategic political value to charging some of these detainees before the election," England is quoted as saying.


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