Prosecutors seek to delay SEAL detainee trials

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Prosecutors seek to delay SEAL detainee trials
By Mark D. Faram - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 7, 2010 6:21:34 EST

NORFOLK, Va. — Navy prosecutors have asked a judge to delay the trials of two SEALs accused in connection with the alleged assault of a reported al-Qaida terrorist — apparently because of evidence issues.

Documents were submitted Dec. 30 to the trial judge, Capt. Moira Modzelewski, requesting the government continue the special court-martial of Special Operator 1st Class (SEAL) Julio Antonio Huertas, scheduled to begin Jan. 11, and that of SO2 (SEAL) Matthew Vernon McCabe, scheduled for Jan. 19.

Hearings on those motions are expected to happen next week, lawyers for each SEAL told Navy Times.

The trial for a third SEAL, SO2 (SEAL) Jonathan Elliot Keefe, has already been continued until April 6 at the request of his lawyer.

McCabe is accused of assaulting alleged al-Qaida terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed, who the U.S. thinks masterminded the 2004 ambush in Fallujah, Iraq, in which four Blackwater security contractors were hanged and burned.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/navy_seal_detaineecase_010610w/