For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at CIA Black Sites

Re:For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at... by londgine on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:06AM (#29035341)

> U.S. military officers were selected to serve on a jury [...] Unknown to the jurors, Mr. Khan and his lawyers reached a secret deal [...] his actual sentence could end as early as February and no later than February 2025

so that why have the court case at all?

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Re:For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at... by robbedpeter on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:44AM (#29036225)

Due process also involves a right to be heard, and the right of a society to hear the proceedings, testimony, and evidence. In this case, it puts some damning testimony on record that can be referenced in other cases, preventing the cia from abusing privileges of classification to hide excessive behaviors and crimes.

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Re:For First Time in Public, a Detainee Describes Torture at... by trasz on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:15AM (#29036398)

If you can call this kind of kangaroo court spectacle a “court case”.

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