Get used to this: Charges Against Gitmo Terror Suspect Should Be Thrown Out, Lawyer Argues

CNS News "Attorney Peter Enrique Quijano told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's right to a speedy trial was violated when he was sent after his July 2004 arrest to a secret CIA-run interrogation camp abroad rather than to the U.S. for a civilian trial. After two hours of arguments, the judge reserved decision." ----And this: "Quijano said the U.S. government had the right to treat Ghailani as an intelligence asset for two years before he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay as an enemy combatant, but that there were Constitutional consequences for making such a "political decision." "A state of war does not give the president a blank check when it comes to Constitutional rights," he said. " -----Mr. Quijano: He doesn't lose many cases.