Comments on: The politics of David Hicks’ release from Guantánamo confirmed: plea bargain arranged between Cheney and Howard

By: Andy Worthington: 9/11 Trial At Guantanamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please? | TipTe.com

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:05:22 +0000

[...] this appeared to rule out two of the Commissions’ only three verdicts — in the cases of David Hicks and Salim Hamdan, who were both convicted solely on the basis that they provided material support [...]

By: Obama’s Confusion Over Guantánamo Terror Trials by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:33:08 +0000

[...] attacked by the government’s own military judges and lawyers, and unable to deliver more than three dubious convictions, but to propose reviving the Commissions at the same time that the Justice [...]

By: Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Part 1) « Muslim in Suffer

Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Part 1) « Muslim in Suffer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:25:49 +0000

[...] Hicks, David (Australia) Chapters 9, 15, 18, 19, 20, MILITARY COMMISSION (nine-month sentence after plea bargain), also see The Dark Heart of the Guantánamo Trials, 20 Reasons To Shut Down The Guantánamo Trials [...]

By: The Dying Days of the Guantánamo Trials

The Dying Days of the Guantánamo Trials — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:51:39 +0000

[...] its new-found legitimacy was soon punctured when the first prisoner to face a trial, the Australian David Hicks, was repatriated in May 2007 following a plea bargain negotiated by Vice President Dick Cheney as a [...]

By: qwstnevrythg.com » Shake-Up at Gitmo: A Prosecutor Resigns, Citing ‘Ethical Qualms’ Over Suppressed Evidence

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:25:56 +0000

[...] happened, it was later revealed, was that Australian Premier John Howard, who was seeking re-election, had been struggling in the [...]

By: exotraxx division

exotraxx division — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:10:42 +0000

[...] process was illegal, but he was one of the first prisoners to be charged again (with the Australian David Hicks and the Yemeni Salim Hamdan) when the Commissions were revived by Congress later that [...]

By: Fact Sheet: The 16 Prisoners Charged in Guantanamo’s Military Commissions | freedetainees.org

Wed, 28 May 2008 01:13:06 +0000

[...] of which was served in Australia. It has been claimed, plausibly, that his plea bargain was the result of political maneuvering between US Vice President Dick Cheney and Australian Prime Minister John [...]

By: Latest Gitmo Charges Questionable | freedetainees.org

Latest Gitmo Charges Questionable | freedetainees.org — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:00:01 +0000

[...] to secure a conviction (the closest they came was the plea bargain negotiated with the Australian David Hicks last year, who returned home to serve just seven months in prison) and have been plagued by [...]

By: java

java — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:53:13 +0000

[...] evidence obtained through torture. The politicization of the process became apparent when it was revealed that the only person convicted in a Commission to date, the Australian David Hicks, had been [...]

By: True Blue Liberal » The Politics of David Hicks’ Release from Guantánamo Confirmed: Plea Bargain Arranged Between Cheney and Howard

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:35:38 +0000

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