Keep Gitmo Open or Risk Terrorists Getting Asylum
By Dan Cadman on November 30, 2017
Many readers will by now know that there was a verdict on Tuesday in the trial of Ahmed Abu Khattala, the so-called ringleader of the 2012 murderous attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. If you know that much you also probably know that Khattala was convicted of only four of the 18 charges against him. The acquittals included the most serious charges, such as murder, leaving convictions only on lesser charges, such as material support for a terrorist organization. The maximum possible sentence, capital punishment, was therefore off the table.
Reactions to the jury's verdict on the relatively few, and lesser, charges was swift: Current CIA Director Mike Pompeo called it a "small measure of justice", but surviving family members of the Americans murdered during the attack were less restrained. According to Fox News:
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