Ingmar Guandique convicted of first-degree murder of former intern Chandra Levy
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Murderer
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Murdered 1 Person
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Possible life imprisonment without Parole
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Terrorist
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Murdered 224 People
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Possible 20 years imprisonment
Entries Tagged as 'Throw Out The Constitution'
Obama’s Support of Terrorism.
November 24th, 2010 · Accountability, Deception, Obama's Scheme, Selling Out the US, Terrorism, Terrorism from Within
Tags: A Threat To America·Obama-Nation·Something To Hide·Throw Out The Constitution
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White House undeterred after Ghailani terror case verdict: Serving Terrorist Interest not US
November 22nd, 2010 · Accountability, Deception, Democrats, Dissention, Homeland Security, National Security, Obama's Scheme, Selling Out the US, Terrorism from Within, Terrorist Threat, Treason
By Anne E. Kornblut and Peter Finn Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, November 18, 2010; 4:17 PM
White House officials said Thursday that the acquittal of Ahmed Ghailani on all but one of more than 280 criminal charges in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa would not undermine their effort to try former Guantanamo detainees in civilian court, even as the mixed verdict reignited debate over that policy.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Ghailani – the first former detainee to be tried in federal court – will receive a lengthy prison sentence for his conviction on one count of conspiracy.
“In the case of Mr. Ghailani, there was a guilty verdict, a minimum sentence of 20 years that incapacitated somebody that has committed a terrorist act and because of that incapacitation is not going to threaten American lives,” Gibbs told reporters.
Gibbs deflected questions about where future trials will be held but said President Obama “remains committed to closing Guantanamo Bay,” a process that would require trying detainees in civilian courts or in the military commissions established during the Bush administration.
Republican lawmakers, however, said the verdict should force the administration to abandon the civilian trials. “I am disgusted at the total miscarriage of justice today in Manhattan’s federal civilian court,” said Rep. Peter T. King (N.Y.), the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee. “This tragic verdict demonstrates the absolute insanity of the Obama administration’s decision to try al-Qaeda terrorists in civilian courts.”
After deliberating for five days, a jury found Ghailani, 36, guilty of conspiracy to damage or destroy U.S. property but acquitted him of multiple murder and attempted-murder charges for his role in the bombings.
Tags: A Threat To America·Government Incompetence·Misuse of Power·Obama-Nation·Throw Out The Constitution
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Terrorist Attack on US in NY Court:Al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Ghailani acquitted of all but one charge of 285 counts
November 17th, 2010 · Democrats, Obama's Scheme, Selling Out the US, Terrorism from Within, Terrorist Attack, Treason
Only in America will you find that TERRORIST have more Constitutional Rights that it’s Citizens.
This is an OBAMA-nation.
By TOM HAYS – The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 17, 2010; 6:49 PM
NEW YORK — The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was acquitted Wednesday of all but one of the hundreds of charges he helped unleash death and destruction on two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 – an opening salvo in al-Qaida’s campaign to kill Americans.
A federal jury convicted Ahmed Ghailani of one count of conspiracy to destroy U.S. property and acquitted him on more than 280 other counts, including one murder count for each of the 224 people killed in the embassy bombings. The anonymous jurors deliberated over seven days.
Prosecutors said Ghailani faces a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison at sentencing on Jan. 25.
Ghailani, 36, rubbed his face, smiled and hugged his lawyers after the jury left the courtroom.
Prosecutors had branded Ghailani a cold-blooded terrorist. The defense portrayed him as a clueless errand boy, exploited by senior al-Qaida operatives and framed by evidence from contaminated crime scenes.
The trial at a lower Manhattan courthouse had been viewed as a possible test case for President Barack Obama administration’s aim of putting other terror detainees – including self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – on trial on U.S. soil.
Tags: A Threat To America·Detainees·Disillusioned Government·Empty Promises·Fix US First then others·Government Circus·Government Incompetence·Obama-Nation·Terrorism·Throw Out The Constitution
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‘Soul-searching’ Obama aides: Democrats’ midterm election losses a wake-up call
November 14th, 2010 · Accountability, Change of Power, Deception, Democrats, Dissention, Ethics, Government Control, Greed, Non-Transparency, Obama Exposed, Selling Out the US, Terrorism from Within
"Soul Searching" or "Tee Time"?
By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 14, 2010; 12:41 AM
After nearly two weeks of introspection, President Obama‘s top advisers have concluded that the “shellacking” Democrats took on Election Day was caused in large part by their own failure to live up to expectations set during the 2008 campaign, not merely the typical political cycles and poor messaging they pointed to at first.
While the president has been on a trip to Asia for the past 10 days, all but a few of his top aides stayed behind to figure out what went so wrong and what to do about it. Wearing casual clothes and with the White House to themselves, they determined that the situation they face is serious and will take significant adjustments to reverse.
The advisers are deeply concerned about winning back political independents, who supported Obama two years ago by an eight-point margin but backed Republicans for the House this year by 19 points. To do so, they think he must forge partnerships with Republicans on key issues and make noticeable progress on his oft-repeated campaign pledge to change the ways of Washington.
Even more important, senior administration officials said, Obama will need to oversee tangible improvements in the economy. They cannot just keep arguing, as Democrats did during the recent campaign, that things would have been worse if not for administration policies.
Tags: Disillusioned Government·Empty Promises·Government Circus·Government Incompetence·Making History Tops Ethics·Obama-Nation·Power Hungry·Reality Check·Something To Hide·Throw Out The Constitution·Wasteful Spending
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New cigarette warnings unveiled: Government Control Gone TOO Far
November 10th, 2010 · Government Control, Terrorism from Within
By Rob Stein
Federal health officials on Wednesday announced plans to require cigarette packs and ads to carry bigger, much more prominent and graphic health warnings, including images of dead bodies, cancer patients and diseased lungs.
The Health and Human Services Department, which announced the new initiative, called the new warnings “the most significant change in more than 25 years” in cigarette packages and advertising. The warnings will cover half of a cigarette pack, the government said.
One warning, for example, is, “Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease.” It is shown with the picture of the feet of a dead body in a morgue. Another, “Cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease,” shows a man apparently having a heart attack. A third, bearing the warning, “Smoking can kill you,” shows what appears to be the head a chest of a corpse. The chest is bisected by a large surgical scar.
The Food and Drug Administration said it is using its newly enhanced powers to regulate tobacco products to require the more prominent warning statements and color graphic images “depicting the negative health consequences of smoking.”
“Today marks an important milestone in protecting our children and the health of the American public,” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement.
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In emotionally charged times, calls arise for impeachment of a justice or two
November 1st, 2010 · Accountability, Ethics, Supreme Court
By Robert Barnes – Monday, November 1, 2010
All across the country Tuesday, political incumbents are bracing for judgment from an angry electorate. So perhaps members of the Supreme Court should not be surprised that they are in somebody’s sights, as well.
Justices, of course, can’t be voted out. They serve for life, or as the Constitution puts it, “shall hold their Offices during good Behavior.”
But that hasn’t stopped calls from the left and the right recently for the House to open impeachment hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
None of the complaints is gaining traction, but they do seem to indicate a desire to do something about the court’s rulings or recent developments that some say violate testimony given at justices’ confirmation hearings.
“These are sulphurous times,” said Dennis Hutchinson, a Supreme Court scholar at the University of Chicago law school. “And the only stick you can wave at a federal judge is impeachment.”
He quickly noted that such demands almost never get very far.
The only justice ever served with impeachment was Samuel Chase, accused in 1805 of being overtly partisan. He was cleared by the Senate and served another six years.
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ObamaCare and Voters: Clinton and Obama told Democrats it would be popular. Whoops.
October 31st, 2010 · Corruption, Dissention, Healthcare, Obama's Scheme, Selling Out the US, Terrorism from Within
By the time anyone finds out, the bill will already have passed!!
Midterm elections amid a lousy economy are usually bad for the President’s party, but it looks as if a neutron bomb may detonate on Democrats in 2010. And one of the major reasons that this year shifted from ordinary losses to potential catastrophe is ObamaCare. This election is a referendum on an entitlement the public never wanted and continues to hate, as evidence from around the country is showing.
Take almost any poll at random. Even this week’s New York Times-CBS poll has repeal leading among likely voters, 47% to 43%. The latest Pew-National Journal survey shows that a majority of likely voters—51%—favors repeal, including 53% of independents. The Real Clear Politics average of all polling shows support for the law at 40.9%—and opposition at 50.6%.
The Kaiser Family Foundation—whose outlier tracking poll has consistently shown the most ObamaCare support—now reports that only 42% view the law favorably. That’s a seven-point drop since September, and it happened to coincide with the start date for the “patients bill of rights,” which Kaiser says is among the bill’s popular parts. Voters are learning that mandates—like those that allow “children” to remain on their parents’ health insurance until age 26—tend to increase costs.
There are many other such scales-from-the-eyes moments. The New England Journal of Medicine, another outlet for ObamaCare partisans, recently conceded in a “perspective” akin to an editorial that “it seems clear that Americans today have very negative views about the general direction of the country,” in large part because of the health bill.
Speaking of the shock of recognition, there’s the case of Earl Pomeroy. The nine-term North Dakota Democrat earned liberal plaudits for his numerous TV ads defending ObamaCare and his vote for it, as well as blasting Republican Rick Berg for ostensibly putting “big insurance first.”
Tags: A Threat To America·All About the Money·Destroying the American People·Disillusioned Government·Empty Promises·Government Circus·Government Incompetence·Obama-Nation·Something To Hide·Throw Out The Constitution·Wasteful Spending