Monday, January 14, 2008

Okay, I wasn't really running, I was just walking fast

That is a portion of a Bill Cosby routine of an exchange between a 5 year old child and his parents when he is caught running in the house.

Agents say Tech student accused of terrorist ties lied

Duhhh, no Shiite!
When Ahmed, then a 21-year-old Georgia Tech mechanical engineering student, was asked why he had visited Pakistan in the summer of 2005, Ahmed said it was to study the Koran. Instead, Ahmed would tell agents days later, he went there to get military training, "maybe at a terrorist training camp," FBI Special Agent Mark D. Richards testified.
The Koran is the terrorist field training manual so he was probably doing both.
Agents also asked Ahmed why he and Sadequee traveled to Canada in March 2005. To visit relatives, including his and Sadequee's, Ahmed told the agents. But Richards testified that Ahmed and Sadequee met in Toronto with "known terrorist extremists," some of whom are either convicted or under investigation.
Once again, probably another true statement. One thing we have learned is that there are strong family ties within the terrorist network.
Ahmed's lawyer, Jack Martin, contends Ahmed's statements, which will continue to be played in court over the next few days, should be suppressed. Martin says that Ahmed's statements were "involuntary" because agents coerced Ahmed into talking on the false promise he would not be arrested if he cooperated.
This kind of circular logic will probably work in our courts, but to anybody with a lick of common sense we are left to wonder. What sort of argument is it to say I am going to talk to you about a criminal act but I am only doing because I won't get arrested. Thank goodness Georgia prosecutors didn't use this line of reasoning when questioning the recent possible serial killer who killed a young lady here.

Oh yeah, and the Huckster wants to close Gitmo so that we can go through this dog and pony show for every detainee there who winds his way through the legal system.

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