Attorneys: Terrorism trials rushed to influence election

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Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Defense lawyers for five al Qaeda suspects have accused prosecutors of rushing their clients to trial to influence the November presidential elections.

The attorneys claim that they have had only a few hours to meet with their clients and that the cases are being fast-tracked for political reasons.

"Three months and 18 days is not enough time to prepare a defense in this death penalty case, even if the government had provided the defense with the attorneys, resources and facilities necessary to do so," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer, a lawyer for Ali Abdul Aziz Ali.

Mizer's client and four other defendants are being held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on charges related to the September 11 attacks. They face the death penalty.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/guantanamo.commission/index.html

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1. the 'new' version of orange alert.

[Patchuli]

2. I guess that's their hedge card

but 3.5 months IS ridiculous for death penalty possible cases. They are so pathetic; human lives mean NOTHING to them.

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6. Hedge card? Heck, it's their Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D... (nt)

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3. why don't they get Tom DeLay's lawyers?

is that case EVER going to trial?

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4. McCain McBush McJustice

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5. I'm not surprised.