Muhammed Pleads Guilty to “Conspiracy” and “Material Support”

Muhammed Pleads Guilty to “Conspiracy” and “Material Support”

Yes, after nearly nine years of detention in Guantanamo, Noor Uthan Muhammed has pleaded guilty to two non-existent war crimes.  As the ACLU notes in its post on the plea, although the court reporter faithfully translated each time he said “yes” to whether he understood what he was doing, the reporter did not translate the only full sentence Muhammed uttered: “Enough, enough already…Let’s get it over with.”

Quite a victory for the military commissions.  Still waiting on that decision in al-Bahlul

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Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Davis

Is that proper not to translate completely?  Doesn’t that go to the voluntariness issue? Not that it makes much difference I imagine, but it did strike me.
Best,
Ben

Ian Henderson
Ian Henderson

Do we have enough of the context to know whether the statement “Enough, enough already…Let’s get it over with.” can be attributed to the detention and entire military commission process, or could it have been merely in relation to the proceedings on the day? It would be interesting to know at what point in the 1.5 hour proceedings the statement was made.