EZRA LEVANT:Out of Guantanamo and Into a Canadian Prison
Two years ago this month, a Guantanamo Bay military jury sentenced a Canadian-born al Qaeda terrorist to 40 years in prison. Omar Khadr was convicted of war crimes in Afghanistan, including the killing, during an ambush, of a 28-year-old U.S. Special Forces medic named Christopher Speer, the father of two young children.
But what the jury didn’t know was that, even as they were deliberating the charges of “murder in violation of the law of war, attempted murder in violation of the law of war, conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism, and spying,” Pentagon prosecutors had already struck a plea-bargain deal with Khadr, at the direction of Obama administration officials.
No public explanation for the deal has ever been given. But regardless of what the jury decided, Khadr would receive a sentence of just eight years. And he would have to serve only a single year of that sentence in U.S. custody before applying, with Washington’s blessing, to transfer to Canada. The application process took time, but eventually was complete.
the real insult is the terrorist is now imprisioned at canadian tax payers money. wonder if the pa will give him $3.000 pm
What else would one expect from Obama? No surprise here. He must be turned out of office before he does more harm.
Apparently the Obama admin has little value for the life of an american soldier. I would have thought that 20 lifetimes for Khadr would not be enough. Just one more insult to the soldier’s family and the american people.