Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing

[Dat1111]

Lee Hanson became deeply angry as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and co-defendants tried to undermine their arraignment on 3,000 counts of murder at a military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Hanson's son, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old granddaughter, the youngest 9/11 victim, were killed in the terror attacks over a decade ago. All were aboard United Flight 175, the second plane to crash into the twin towers.

"They praise Allah. I say, 'Damn you!'" said the silver-haired retiree from Eaton, Connecticut.

When it comes to justice, "it seems like it's an afterthought," said his wife, Eunice Hanson.

Moans, sighs and exclamations erupted Saturday as Hanson and other relatives of Sept. 11 victims watched the closed-circuit TV feed of the court hearing from a movie theater at Fort Hamilton in New York City. It was one of four U.S. military bases where the arraignment was broadcast live for victims' family members, survivors and emergency personnel who responded to the attacks.

"It's actually a joke, it feels ridiculous," said Jim Riches, whose firefighter son, Jimmy, died at the World Trade Center. "It looks like it's going to be a very long trial."

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other defendants were arraigned on charges that include terrorism and murder, the first time in more than three years that they appeared in public. During the hearing, they generally refused to cooperate. At one point, one detainee leafed through a copy of The Economist magazine, then passed it to another. At other times, the defendants knelt in prayer.

About 60 people representing 30 families were in the theater at Fort Hamilton, where the military provided chaplains and grief counselors, Riches said.

Several people who viewed the proceedings said they had little sympathy for the defendants' complaints about their treatment, given the brutality of the deaths of the nearly 3,000 victims of the attacks. Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times and subjected to other measures that some have called torture.

"My brother was murdered in the cockpit of his airplane, and we will have to stand up for him," said Debra Burlingame, who attended the viewing on behalf of her brother, Charles Burlingame, who piloted the jet that hijackers crashed into the Pentagon.

"They're engaging in jihad in a courtroom," she added.

Another Blow to the Obama administration and a complete failure on there part



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"They praise Allah. I say, 'Damn you!'" said the silver-haired retiree from Eaton, Connecticut.

When it comes to justice, "it seems like it's an afterthought," said his wife, Eunice Hanson.

[Spudmonkey]

Why a failure and why a blow?

It's not judge Judy Datt

[dad61]

To bad they're not US citizens, we could just kill em w/out a trial or even charges set against them.

[Wimbly]

Originally Posted by Dat1111

Another Blow to the Obama administration and a complete failure on there part

You're gonna need a deeper explanation mate.

[Dat1111]

Originally Posted by dad61

To bad they're not US citizens, we could just kill em w/out a trial or even charges set against them.

Yup if they were US citizens it would of been easier Obama agrees

[Spudmonkey]

Why a failure and why a blow?

[Dat1111]

Originally Posted by Wimbly

You're gonna need a deeper explanation mate.

Obama pushed for trials in new york.. Holder got lambasted basically by the public and that was rejected.. Yet now this is gonna turn into a circus freak show because of the so called OVERHAUL that the admin said they did regarding the trials.

This is a slap in the face to anybody with half a brain. Even though I only have 1/4th

[GeorgeBush]

Originally Posted by Spudmonkey

Why a failure and why a blow?

It's not judge Judy Datt

People have called Dat out as being a troll.

While he wasn't a troll (it was his actual intelligence level), he has now begun trying to cover it all up by acting completely idiotic.

[Dat1111]

Originally Posted by GeorgeBush

People have called Dat out as being a troll.

While he wasn't a troll (it was his actual intelligence level), he has now begun trying to cover it all up by acting completely idiotic.

Did or did not Obama/Holder push for trials in new york Yet people spoke out and that changed.. This current trial the way its being ran is directly because of What Obama did... Then again If it ends up like nuremberg and they get hung or shot.. Im all for it

[Wimbly]

I doubt they'll be let off. Under Bush there'd be no trial. Would you prefer a complete lack of transparency and disregard for the rule of law?