Bin Attash’s attorney, non-Muslim Chicago lawyer Cheryl Bormann, was clad in a black abaya out of deference to her client. Bormann has asked in the past that other women in the courtroom similarly cover up so as not to distract the defendant, but one woman at the prosecution table today wore a military-issue skirt and none of the women covered their hair.
“We have been dealing with our attorneys for about a year and half and we haven’t been able to build any trust with them,” complained bin Attash, who earlier refused to speak with the judge and wanted to request the dismissal of one of his attorneys through Bormann.
“There is nothing that would motivate us to come… we don’t want this to be a personal issue between us and the judge,” continued the terror suspect, who was captured in Karachi in 2003 aged in his mid-20s. “But I want you to understand the situation we are in — the government does not want us to hear or understand or say anything and they don’t want our attorneys to do anything.”
One of the issues expected to be addressed in the hearings is a defense argument that government restrictions prevent their clients from talking about their alleged torture at the hands of the U.S.
Mohammed and his co-defendants have hearings Jan. 28-31 and Feb. 11-14. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, alleged mastermind of the USS Cole attack, is scheduled to appear in court from Feb. 4-7.
These cases are the ones before the Guantanamo tribunal that carry the possibility of the death penalty.
Stay tuned to PJM for ongoing coverage of the Guantanamo tribunals
these morons should have been shot and fed to the sharks as soon as they set foot in cuba…. i’m sure that barrybathouse wants them to have a ticker tape parade down the canyons of heros for their part in the murder of americans. the republicans are just as bad as the demo-rats on this.
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Why we must NEVER take Muslim prisoners
The only way they think of a trial is as a way to accomplish propaganda so the mohammadans are getting frustrated. This must continue. If they start acting out it may become necessary tie and gag them in a seperate room with a monitor on.
All 9/11 family members should be given the option to both participate in, and observe their executions.
Were I king Cheryl Bormann would be deported to Mali and the defendents executed.
But that’s just me.
While I don’t agree, she may believe her professional duty to her client requires establishing the best rapport possible and that means she should dress in a manner that makes the Muslims comfortable around her. Yes, I know, this is America, not Yemen, etc etc, but she is bound to do her best representing her client and dressing in the manner she does is certainly not illegal nor I would think offensive to the court.
Were I king I wouldn’t care. She wanted others to dress like that so as not to discomfit an animal, and there’s the rub.
In Mali she can dress however she doesn’t want to, 24/7.
YES, I read last week in a UK tabloid that an English grandmother was sentenced to hang in Mali for cocaine smuggling. They don’t take prisoners!
– bam thank you na’am!
I’ll be sure and use that argument the next time a cop writes me a ticket
The whole Guantanamo trial thing has dragged on so ridiculously long, I almost (that’s almost) sympathize with KSM & friends.
A total joke, a dog and pony show (Holder’s wet dream), besides which, given their idiotology, western court proceedings have no meaning or substance to them anyway.
KSM asked for “martyrdom” at least 6 or 7 years ago. Currently, some relatives of those killed on 911 are saying death is too good for them.
So they can just continue getting fat and playing volleyball in Gitmo, I guess.
No motivation to come to court?
How about:
Show up or be shot!
Who is this KSM fellow and why is everybody talking about calling 911 from Cuba?
If they’re “uncomfortable” in the vicinity of a female lawyer, they could try getting a male one. Her tactic of trying to impose islamic rules on a secular court should be resisted at all costs. If you concede to the nonsensical notion that muslim defendants may make demands as to the appearance of women in a court, you’ll next be barring women from the court altogether.
After that: Jews, Christians, Hindus, anyone who has ever drunk whisky, or owned a dog…
I kind of think this is the best punishment for them. They don’t get to get martyred like Bin Laden, instead they become an afterthought buried deep within our monstrosity of a a Judicial system, to the point that no one really cares whether or not they are “motivated” enough to come to court.
In ten years if they are still are there, no one will care any more than they do now. Leave it open and let them live out their days in obsolescence. Allahu ahkbar indeed tough guys.
Aw, gee, my heart bleeds… drag their lousy goat-smelling behinds into court, who cares if they don’t feel like it?
Would a boot in your ass be sufficient motivation?
They should take these gitmo pig-dogs, tie them up hand and foot, and hang them by their ankles so that they are waist deep in a vat of pig guts and blood, until they drown.
All of the gitmo pig-dogs should be forced to watch , and wait their turn.
Let’s see then how willing they are to die for allah.
Why are these people alive in the first place?