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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 03:49 PM Jul 2017

Breaking From Campaign Rhetoric, Trump Brings Terrorism Suspect to U.S. for Trial

Source: New York Times




By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZOJULY 21, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has brought a Qaeda suspect to the United States to face trial in federal court, backing off its hard-line position that terrorist suspects should be sent to the naval prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather than to civilian courtrooms.

The suspect, Ali Charaf Damache, was transferred from Spain and was scheduled to appear Friday in federal court in Philadelphia, making him the first foreigner brought to the United States to face terrorism charges under President Trump. A court clerk confirmed that Mr. Damache was due to appear Friday afternoon.

Authorities believe Mr. Damache was a Qaeda recruiter. He was charged with helping plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad in cartoons.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has repeatedly said that terrorism suspects should be held and prosecuted at Guantánamo Bay. Mr. Sessions said terrorists do not deserve the same legal rights as common criminals and that such trials were too dangerous to hold on American soil. With Mr. Damache’s transfer, Mr. Sessions has adopted a strategy that he vehemently opposed when it was carried out under President Barack Obama.



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/world/europe/al-qaeda-suspect-court-trump-sessions-guantanamo.html?emc=edit_na_20170721&nl=breaking-news&nlid=57435284&ref=headline&_r=0

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Breaking From Campaign Rhetoric, Trump Brings Terrorism Suspect to U.S. for Trial (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
um..So trump broke his campaign promise and now disagrees with Sessions. Got it. riversedge Jul 2017 #1
Sessions is on the way out the door bucolic_frolic Jul 2017 #2
I hope sessions stays, if he goes there goes Mueller next...........t Old Vet Jul 2017 #3
Trump doesn't know where he is or what day it is. Dave Starsky Jul 2017 #4
Show trial central scrutinizer Jul 2017 #5

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
4. Trump doesn't know where he is or what day it is.
Fri Jul 21, 2017, 04:51 PM
Jul 2017

So I'm not sure why the headline. The story itself is about something something Trump administration blah blah blah al Qaeda.

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