Gitmo detainee's abuse "a stain on the moral fiber of America," military jury writes

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Members of a military jury condemned the brutal abuse of a Guantánamo Bay detainee at the hands of the CIA and urged a Pentagon official overseeing the court to grant clemency, in a letter obtained by the New York Times.

Why it matters: At his sentencing hearing last week, Majid Khan became the first detainee to testify about the abuse he experienced as part of the U.S. government's interrogation program at CIA black sites.

The jury sentenced Khan, a Pakistani citizen and former Baltimore resident who joined al-Qaeda as a courier, to 26 years in prison Friday. He could be released as early as next year due to his cooperation with U.S. authorities in other investigations.

Khan detailed his treatment, including sexual assault, sleep deprivation, beatings, solitary confinement, starvations and forced enemas.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/military-jury-gitmo-letter-torture-a7ec4472-83ec-4bf2-b891-e500d408c62c.html

[MsLeopard]

1. To the greatest! nt

[Walleye]

2. Too bad he didn't violently ransack the Capitol.He would've gotten six months

[NCjack]

3. +1

[PurgedVoter]

4. No, he would have to be white as milk to get off that easy.

[burrowowl]

5. +1!

[Farmer-Rick]

6. So was this a General court-martial? A special court-martial?

Why is the military trying civilians?

This is a very weird set up in Gitmo.