Elephant in the Room - Could Saddam Go Free??

[dave29]

If it is determined that the intelligence used to find Saddam Huseein was gathered via one of the abuse/torture victims at Abu Ghraib, could his case then be thrown out?

I haven't seen anyone bring this up yet.

[whistle]

1. Good point, that certainly would be due process...

...under the Constitution of the United States, but BushCo has rendered that document temporarily suspended. Don't count on any such arguments to make it into the trials of Saddam.

[bryant69]

4. There 0% chance

That Saddam will be tried under our constitution anyway. Even if Kerry or Dean were in the white house right now; it will be under Iraqi law (if and when it gets set up).

[bryant69]

2. Yeah

But that's pretty unlikely in my mind. There's no lack of evidence that Saddam was a bad guy; they wouldn't need to torture it out of prisoners. So it would be pretty incompetent of the Bush Administration to let their case fall apart on that account.

Still, this administrations skill at incompatence has surprised me before; maybe they can do it again.

Bryant
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[dave29]

3. Their incompetence

is startling

[Caution]

5. No, Hussein may be transferred to Iraqi custody

but he will be tried by them eventually. There is no chance he goes free whatsoever.

[MajorFlaw]

6. Constitutional rights only apply to US citizens and residents. Saddam, if

he lives to be tried, will probably be subjected to the type of due process he is more accustomed to.

[dave29]

7. I guess that depends totally

on what kind of system comes to being in Iraq out of this whole mess.

Edited for grammar

[Ganja Ninja]

8. Never fear! If it starts to look like Saddam may get off ...

I'm sure he'll be found dead in his cell from any number of causes.

[WMliberal]

9. i think this kangaroo court

has already decided on the verdict. yeah his case could be thrown out if it were in the U.S., but it ain't. they'll make up a special court with rules that only apply to his case, so the only evidence thrown out will be the politically sensitive defense evidence showing BFEE collaboration.

[Minstrel Boy]

10. General Noriega says "I'll get back to you on that." n/t

[Must_B_Free]

11. Sure and we'll bring Uday and Qusay back to life too...

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Put it this way - if Saddam somehow knows about this scandal

he's probably wearing a big shit-eating grin and laughing his ass off at * and Co.


:evilgrin:

[OneBlueSky]

13. yeah . . . release him on a techincality, set him up with a nice place . .

to live in some out-of-the-way location, and hire him as a consultant to the U.S. military in Iraq . . . yeah, that's the ticket . . . might as well pile on a little more absurdity . . .