Will Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri the Cole bombing mastermind ever face justice?

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Lawyers for USS Cole bomb suspect file court case - Yahoo! News

The Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based human rights group, and lawyers for Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri are challenging Poland for "active complicity" in the extraordinary rendition program carried out under then-President George W. Bush.
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Al-Nashiri once bragged that he outranked suspected Sept. 11, 2001, mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as the No. 3 man in al-Qaida.

 

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JUDGE EXCLUDES GITMO DEFENDANT'S CONFESSION BECAUSE OF CIA TORTURE​

By John Ryan | August 18, 2023 | News & Features, Guantanamo Bay

The CIA’s torture of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of planning the USS Cole bombing tainted his later confessions to federal law enforcement agents, a military judge ruled on Friday.

The critical pretrial ruling by Army Col. Lanny Acosta suppressed the statements that Abd al Rahim al Nashiri made to FBI and NCIS agents in early 2007 on Guantanamo Bay, roughly four months after his transfer from CIA black sites. As a result, the government will be barred from using the confession at a still-unscheduled trial at which al Nashiri could face a death sentence for his alleged role in the October 2000 attack that killed 17 sailors off the coast of Yemen.

“The Commission’s ruling excludes a critical piece of the government’s case, and in doing so, recognizes the continuing and very real effects of Mr. al Nashiri’s torture,” Katie Carmon, one of al Nashiri’s civilian lawyers with the Military Defense Commissions Organization, said. “Today, the government learned it cannot benefit from its willful disregard of Mr. al Nashiri’s humanity.”

A spokesperson for the military commissions provided a statement that said the prosecution was reviewing the rulings.

Judge Excludes Gitmo Defendant's Confession Because of CIA Torture | Lawdragon

The USS Cole Bombing ruling will likely have an impact on the 9/11 case, excluding a key defense argument.

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