PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... Such as those involving the deaths of 3,000 Americans. In his bizarre decision, Military Judge Keith Allred conceded this wouldn't disqualify the legal adviser in a normal military court-martial. But it was enough in this case because Congress wanted the military commissions to avoid even the "appearance of unlawful command influence." Congress didn't define such unlawful influence,...
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
... fame meant little to him on April 29, when he too decided to boycott his trial, telling Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the judge in his last pre-trial hearing before his trial is scheduled to begin, “The law is clear. The Constitution is clear. International law is clear. Why don't we follow the law? Where is the justice?” For his part, Capt. Allred did not give up without attempting...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Source: [b]Associated Press[/b] By BEN FOX SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ... Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled the trial for Osama bin Laden's former driver should be delayed seven weeks, until July 21, in case the Supreme Court ruling affects his case. He scheduled pretrial hearings to begin a we...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Judge Delays War-Crimes Trial for Supreme Court By Carol Rosenberg The Miami Herald Saturday 17 May 2008 A military commissions judge Friday delayed the scheduled trial of Osama bin Laden's driver until after the U.S. Supreme Court has decided another key detainee case. Navy Capt. Keith Allred said delaying the start of Salim Hamdan's trial until July 21 "avoids the potential embarrassment,...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
US postpones first Guantanamo war crimes trialThe Associated PressPublished: Saturday May 17, 2008 | SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A military judge on Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts.Navy Capt. Keith Allred...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A military judge on Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts. Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled the trial for Osama bin Laden's former driver should be delayed seven weeks, until July 21,...
Misblog (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Kangaroo Kommission Judge, Navy Captain Keith Allred, has halted the Kangaroo Kommission Kickoff (KKK) process for the kangaroo trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan pending a decision from the United States Supreme Court in the cases of Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. US (06-1196). Web: AP-> US postpones first Guantanamo war crimes trial . The United States Supreme Court's ruling is...
STLtoday.com Top News Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
A military judge Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the U.S. Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts. Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled the trial for Osama bin Laden's former driver should be delayed six weeks, until July 14, in case the Supreme Court...
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
2:15 a.m. ET SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A military judge on Friday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts.Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled the trial for Osama bin Laden's former driver should be delayed seven weeks,...
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
... former driver ruled Friday that the trial should be postponed six weeks, to July 14.Navy Capt. Keith Allred said he wants to wait until the Supreme Court rules on whether Guantanamo detainees have a right to challenge their detention in U.S. civil courts.Allred says the Supreme Court decision is expected by June 30 and could affect the case.Salim Hamdan is charged with supporting...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A military judge Friday postponed the first war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts. Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled that the trial for Osama bin Laden's former driver should be delayed six weeks, until July 14,...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Navy Capt. Keith Allred said he wants to wait until the Supreme Court rules on whether Guantanamo detainees have a right to challenge their detention in U.S. civil courts.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A military judge wants to hear from the Supreme Court before starting the first war crimes tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
The judge hearing the case against Osama bin Laden's former driver ruled Friday that the trial should be postponed six weeks, to July 14.
Navy Capt. Keith Allred said he wants to wait until the Supreme Court rules on whether...
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Since the inception of the commissions, the brakes have almost always been applied when some member of the military has balked, even when going along would have been the far easier course....Start with Charles Swift....Next up, Col. Morris Davis....yet another military naysayer: Keith Allred....Four others — Maj. Robert Preston, Capt. John Carr, Capt. Carrie Wolf, and Lt. Col. Stuart...
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Published: Monday May 12, 2008 The Pentagon reviewed its options Monday following a military judge’s ruling that raised questions about the impartiality of the first war crimes trial against an Al-Qaeda suspect. Navy Captain Keith Allred, the military judge in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, on Friday disqualified the Pentagon's legal adviser for the military commissions from further...
