this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025
251 points (98.5% liked)

News

28850 readers
5581 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The CIA’s torture and incommunicado detention of a Sept. 11 defendant rendered his later confessions inadmissible, the military judge in the case ruled Friday.

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 46 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Friday, as in last week in 2025?? I had to check the source since I couldn't believe there are still court cases being held over 23 years after 9/11.

The case has been wending towards a resolution since the May 2012 arraignment of a single, fundamental issue: whether the government would be able to introduce “clean” or admissible statements by defendants at a death penalty trial following their years of isolation and abuse.

This man has been 10 years in custody already and still is not convicted? Aside from what he has or hasn't done that must truly suck. Or would it help you keep hope? I don't know but I am very surprised by this to be honest.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hate to break it to you, but there were 100% innocent people held at CIA black sites for years without any charges, evidence of wrongdoing, or legal means for the persons detained to regain their freedom.

I can remember hearing years ago that a bunch of them were literally just business rivals or personal enemies of the ones who accused them and collected rewards for turning in Taliban/Al-Qaeda terrorists. Imagine your IRL least-liked person phoning a foreign government and making shit up about you, then getting $5-10K and you're stuck in a windowless cell blasting Slipknot for more than a decade afterward. Someone just * snaps fingers * and you disappear from your life after getting pulled into a panel van.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago

That sure is some evil business tactic

It’s a good thing the US hasn’t totally embraced sidestepping the constitution with the very clever and not at all adolescent-brained use of black sites…

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 23 points 6 days ago

There were people held without trial at Guantanamo Bay concentration camp for 20 years, with the military acknowledging they were completely innocent when they were captured (some were children) but that they couldn’t be released in case they now hated America (for some reason idk).

Fascists attack this judge in 10 9 8 7 6….