Judge tosses out most evidence on Gitmo detainee

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WASHINGTON—A federal judge has tossed out most of the government's evidence against a tarrorism detainee on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay.

In a ruling this week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also said the government failed to establish that 23 statements the detainee made to interrogators at Guantanamo Bay were untainted by the earlier 'coerced' statements made...

[As predicted: we've handed the conduct of a war to the single most unaccountable and liberal (they can't graduate law school if not) of ideologues we have: our judges...

As bad as our other two branches of government are, the harm they can do this nation pales in comparison to the Judiciary as it is no longer checked by the other two and, worse, no longer considers itself accountable to the people.

I.e., it's here we need true, systemic reform...]

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