Liz Cheney

Cheney: Ruling Against Info Obtained Through Torture Is Obama's Fault

Ryan J. Reilly | October 7, 2010, 10:33AM

Yesterday a federal judge decided to exclude testimony from a witness in the trial of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee on the grounds that investigators only learned about the witness only after the suspected terrorist underwent coercive interrogation in a secret CIA prison.

Now Liz Cheney has blamed the Obama administration for the decision to try Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in civilian court in the first place -- even though it was a Bush administration decision to hold him in a secret prison which lead to the ruling yesterday.

"The Obama Administration has dedicated itself to providing al Qaeda terrorists the kind of due process rights normally reserved for American citizens," Cheney said in a statement sent to TPMMuckraker.

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Topics: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Eric Holder, Justice Department, Liz Cheney