TagsTagsConvicted in November by a civilian jury for his role in the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was sentenced today to life without parole. The argument that terrorism cases can't be successfully tried in civilian court is now officially defunct.
Terrorism, Life Sentence, Ahmed Ghailani, Torture, Guantanamo Bay
The right wing blogosphere and media are gibbering in unison again, over the outcome in the trial of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani. Some quotes: "a major fail," "the shame of the terror-appeasing left," "the latest blow to Team Obama," "a full blown fiasco," etc. All this raging is because ...