[url=http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/the-collapse-of-omar-khadrs-... Collapse of Omar Khadr's Guantбnamo Trial [/url]
by Andy Worthington
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Those who have been pressing for the young Canadian’s release will now be hoping that the Canadian government (which is also a signatory to the UN Convention) will finally discover its spine, and will take advantage of the change of administration to demand his return to Canada, or that the new US government will refuse to proceed with the case. Barack Obama, who voted against the Military Commissions Act that revived the trial system in 2006, has [url=http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/remarks_of_senator_obama_the_w_1.p... to abolish the Military Commissions, which he regards (along with the use of torture, the shredding of the Geneva Conventions, and the sidelining of the US Constitution and the Uniform Code of Military Justice) as key examples of the Bush administration’s quest for “unchecked presidential power,” and even John McCain, who voted for the legislation, may wish to transfer the ailing system to the mainland, and has already [url=http://www.thestar.com/News/USElection/article/447159]explained[/url] that he would repatriate Khadr if asked to do so by the Canadian government.
[ 27 October 2008: Message edited by: M. Spector ]