The dow and then i've worked for the also the the ones Justice's
program office military commissions.
First of all like to thank all the service members from a joint
task force.
The naval station for helping us. Sure bring these folks down
here to watch these proceedings has been of great help and we
do appreciate it.
The first introduce you to the victim's family members and the victims.
Other major statements.
Miller jaw as questions.
Will to my left fewer road.
I ever Raymond.
And richard is stands on.
They also syster vicky.
And flight seventy. Seven.
Next week. Yeah patricia the condo.
And a better. Deal.
They lost their son and brother navy captain and Gerald the contour
who was in the Pentagon working during the. Attack.
Next we have.
Ginger jenna's wife lisa.
Jim was injured in the collapse of the south. Tower.
Yes we are sodium or hours.
She lost her husband michael who passed away on june tenth two
thousand and nine from one cancer tribute.
To a service working.
On a rescue recovery and cleanup ground zero.
And unless we have.
There's chairman brown.
Is cameron brown foster brother captain patrick brown.
From your city fire department.
He was assisting.
The evacuation of the north tower.
Me losses life.
But this time only to turn over to the from the victims and members.
Well. I'm which stands over and has met his mentioned a number
of other like we lost a sister board flight seventy seven which
crashed into Pentagon an unfortunate day arm.
Is an honor and a privilege to be down here to.
Observed these hearings and follow bad yuppies to follow the
hearings and eventually the trial.
I'm To observance and see Justice's eventually done for our sister
and for the nearly three thousand other victims of that day and
indeed for the injured as. Well.
I thought hard about what I would want to say and it.
And more like this.
Really my thoughts go to my sister.
And because because that is why we're here by the brother anarchy.
She was an average human being.
Like anyone of us to work the job.
She's married.
To lovely donors.
Well from a business trip nothing more.
And unfortunately.
Was on a long flight and I do mean that quite literally.
She was on the wrong flight. She was not originally intended
to be on that flight was originally supposed beyond the flight
in newly before the first laid out goals that day on but because
of the people were care and the return ticket she had stay you
will wonder straight man out and gone to the next like an add-on
fortune was the flight was. Hijacked.
It is.
Because of that that we're here today.
And it is from memory that drives that's.
Deceat justice.
Than that day had more of an impact on or family.
Than just the news coverage of that. Day.
They were two girls lost a. Mother.
It's father had always always a functioning alcoholic after that day.
Unfortunately slipped deeper into drugs alcohol and from tenting purposes.
They lost their father that they as well.
On. This these two girls became.
I would like to say the became orphans that wasn't the truth
because the truth was they had all the the house with a an alcoholic
drug addict.
With no mother there to protect them lonely. There locals to.
The of this check in on them as often as we could.
It it was a tragic state of affairs.
And is tragic is that is it is.
But a common story for the way that day affected. Families.
It does not serve justice to forget that in favor of.
A had the defendants were treated.
Or they toured with the not tortured was it even torture.
The defense will Sally tell you that such matters are great they're not.
And it.
To me is one of.
The family members of it that I find that assumption to be offensive.
I can't point to the Marks on my on my sisters risk because they
couldn't find her wrists below part of her that they failed was
a piece of that let's all for a foot.
And a small bone fragment from her break label.
That's all they could find a press in the. Pentagon.
The years that followed.
Work endless suffering for effect.
And was.
Coming down here. Today.
I expected it to to well up.
And be confronted by together.
In the us is safe thanks to the wonderful talent. We've had here
from everyone that the victim witness assistance program on the government.
Everyone here at the time of day they have all than it ever won
a one not even thinking that we have had nothing but wonderful
treatment in our time here.
I have to admit I did not find any of these pre ceilings to be
as emotionally affecting.
Of me as I expected.
Right up until the time.
I met the defense looks.
That has been almost this peaceful.
But tense of my life and and that.
I always one include.
Watching nine eleven at.
The moment though will because that was what. SME.
But listen to them.
Well that help did to basically put america on trot instead of
these five men.
Is jest out Regis Toomey.
In their quest to try to change america to make it a better place.
I guess for them. I'm not sure what the rationale as because
I find it but a wonderful place.
I feel they've lost sight.
Of the true goal here. This is not we're not here to try to change america.
Wish here.
To get justice.
And that is why hope we can do so.
That's what I wanted to. Be.
Thank you my name is greatest ezoe. Obviously I'm I'm richards
the identical twin brother before. Yes it's. With.
My brother tests alot of things. So I won't repeat that.
I just wanna say that.
In our time here on one of things that surprised me most was
how little I actually knew about the military base here at guantanamo bay.
I guess like most americans by had no expectations of what I
would find down here.
My imagination ran wild with thoughts of blogs and prisoners
being beaten every day but nothing could be further from the
truth it in our for a four days here and
This basic give mo is like a small town. It's got a McDonald's
a movie theatre a dog park their families being raised here and
the people themselves here are like a family everyone we need
now is just so friendly and nice and I wish that was reported
more in the media instead of leaving americans to assume that
this is just one giant pull out.
A this base was here long before these detainees ever came here
and I suspect it'll be here long after these detainees and no
longer here.
Now. Having said that and we met with all of us met with paul
blue prosecution team and the defense team.
And The prosecution very dedicated folks working hard at a living
every day the montreuil of never forgetting september eleventh.
They are truly seeking justice.
The defense team. They are it equally dedicated.
Although not to the same text.
They seem far more interested.
In. Turning things into a show trial I think they believe that
it benefits them balls financially.
In perceives really to have a trial that never ends.
In indeed commander of lee's.
Is leaving the military.
Are suitably to exchange's government salary for enormous Bilbao larks.
And that it's surprising it actually took in this long to figure
that out but that but he seems to be making quite the money grab.
Many of the defense.
Counsel that we talk with.
Where Terribly condescended tests disingenuous to us.
And as my brother said.
They were quite. Offensive.
I think perhaps the most distasteful thing.
What's finding out that.
They've been passing contra band including al Qaeda propaganda material.
To the detainees.
This goes even beyond. Activism.
I hope the media will report this. Ways as much zeal.
As they pour as they report.
Their Anti-american slight.
Miss one wanna say.
Thank you for your. Time.
I I questioned to what perished tarka down today.
I I decided I think than here with the media it might be a good
chance to tell you all how apps that are here dealing with the
media lately.
And about the FCC have range.
And to.
Our underlying a lab then you have coverage wise very. Comprehensive.
As it should be a.
And you were very into rest dent.
In Howell.
The families who had had someone murdered on their own in their
own. Country.
And help we felt about. It.
Amun send canines. You know it kind of a little bit difficult
to topic can. Explain.
But. Lately.
I had heard. Nothing.
May indeed you people. Gall.
There's no coverage in the state. So what is going. On.
Yeah it is very. Wrong.
New people have the mandate in a democracy. To report the kneel with.
Not gas that band you see not just the populist daddy.
Not just to earn a good raiding in in. Ninety.
That if you go tell the whole truth.
About everything that is going. On.
The stats and every slippery slope toward democracy to be. Arraigned.
And I began here for a week that might Dieter.
And the key treatment. We have received has been.
Wonderful. On wednesday the people.
And we felt very comfortable. Here.
The point I think I would like to make this brown coal and crime
be very remiss in not saying thank you to everyone specially
mass goals the. Here.
When I told people where I was the only. Thing.
And while I I was going.
I get. Comments.
Paul yes we here.
One can run a mile.
Getting well.
AOL Wesson that we are the trying elsewhere. If you have with
a tall white should be the prisoners who are most terrible things
happen down there.
And military did all these are all things to the sport men.
Will were nessum guide it in their. Lives.
That's probably through it.
That was spock was held in the. Drafts.
And it's just a roaring it's just plain. Wrong.
And I never be said that they only use here.
We all know really agreed on what we had heard what we have. Seen.
And largely attention that we guide it nine. Eleven.
It helped with the The. Paying.
And the yen. Quench.
Neural what we get from the press.
Nothing is they here.
You will be ample black. Nice.
Now I know whether it is always perfume people.
They'd try yell is not happening for yield.
And that's not happening in the country for people because they're
not being told.
How what they going to now it you'll get questions like. Them.
They they They don't they didn't they all died from start they
shoot there was a hunger strike. I've been them but you know
about that in the new. It's.
Now I know why event is that old there for a lot of people in.
But it is an old for for a graph.
We have the pain pumpkin nine of web then had three singles. Day.
And we would like to have justice.
We do not want to do anything to take. Away.
The murder of are is.
Right to be in court and have their day in court.
But I see no reason.
Why they should have well peers in. Court.
And that is not.
Guilty anything the prosecution is doing.
What the government is to. Dealing.
After being here it became very are because when we sat in their.
Gal the very watching the court. Record.
Motion after motion or what ever they call it it just kept coming
up in coming up all of these abstraction of things that had nothing
to deal with the tried up.
And to hear a ballot.. Torturer.
Torturer. They also the boeing court don't know what they're
talking about torture.
It than liza Torch. It every single day where rely eight we miss
our loved ones. They are not that. Year.
And I plead with you. People.
Cover this.
Get the word annulled. I know what's the smile rule.
But it's back to start. Somewhere.
And thank you for your account.
My daughter has a few things to say until. The
In my own.
The Wright brothers quote.
To defend free. Iphone.
In a road near the end of the U.S. that since then.
This is you can hear the captain.
I the ship and the one. Issue.
And I just wanna make sure.
As you look at me a few see here as you look at all of us you
see I love one.
Because again and I'm not going to land the people of my mother
said but I just wonder. Reiterate.
And Thursday one I think everyone here at the base.
Especially the victim witness.
Assistance program.
The tidy travel that we knew military she.
We haven't yet within range everything in the
And since my and my.
Since my brother was killed.
My family's been taking care of by a new family.
The United States maybe.
And the support continues twelve years later.
Here they get now.
They've if they on them.
I have the utmost three suspect for the men and women in uniform.
And that includes military firefighters police.
The and they have the utmost respect for this prosecution team.
To me they're all larger than life is larger than life on the. View.
They've had so many obstacles thrown in your way.
And I think we call them. Motions.
They've been. Vilified.
By the media and that's a general term.
The been vilified by the media.
It's just been doing their. Job.
Which is to bring justice to the patriots that were killed and
nine eleven.
Have the real problem of victim.
My brother was at navy captain surface. Warfare makes in a warrior
I have a problem that was a sucker. Punch.
And so they don't play again.
I usually replace it with. Patriot.
Again the media and the defense seem to have lost sight of what
happened that day.
And what they're focuses ben.
Are the rights.
Of it each. Weedy.
Also known as. Terrorists.
It it needs to start.
In the media needs to do its job.
And report the facts.
Any member their obligation.
To the American people.
So that I get the same questions and get mile.
Woody the humor.
I like that I do know some stark.
And these are intelligent people to make two best girlfriends
happen to be lawyers. They don't seem to know what's going. On.
It's it's just time for the motions to stop I understand that
being need to do this the correct way twelve years is a long
time and time time they're intelligent people they can get pissed
and move forward.
And justice will be served while all the world watches and we
can hold their heads up. High.
And I just can't help.
Because I can't do it from behind the glass when I'm observing
in the gallery but I just can't Apple but comment on at least
one of the defense lawyers when he talked about. Transparency.
So if you want transparency and why don't we look at their.
Ok and you can ask anyone on the. Space.
If I Had a value detainee.
Pray five times a. Day.
They had special meals to.
When they're not perhaps thinking about hunger strike.
They had special meals offered to them.
I did you hear that anymore and Died of a hunger strike.
So obviously it's in.
Everyone's. And best interest.
To treat people who maintain and make sure they. Have food even
if they're making a political statement.
Always offer.
And if you are all in that court room in you've heard commander. Ruiz.
What I heard and maybe this is only my interpretation that he
wanted to know if anyone was going to be force fed.
You because his view was.
You should let them die.
He doesn't want to eat.
And I thought to myself.
And they don't want him defending me.
That's a pretty scary scary thought. He sole focus. On.
The principles.
Of What he's trying to. Accomplish.
That he's willing to stand up and say better to let him die that's
where. Teachings.
Anyway that's probably not a good way to it and so again think
you everyone and I know this will come to the right conclusion
eventually. Thinking.
But many mission jessica muir with my wife lisa jane quote.
Was injured or any attacks or the world trade center.
I've been here and had approach of winter sings proceedings as
it took place this week.
Have watched the defense have watched the prosecution.
Because it will to observe the high-value detainees.
A certainly none of them seem to be one thing.
Certainly none of them seem to be in any kind of pain or distress.
Saw them laughing.
Jiggling. Because it still had a good time.
So in.
Well the defense attorney sort of press conference.
Made a statement.
It's too emotional for families to come down here maybe it's
not a good idea. Sure there were not his exact words.
That was almost like he was alluding to.
What have family members come down here.
When we tell you why.
These are rightly to be down here and we demanded the. Junior.
People tell cabel closing get low down.
For another sticky.
Slate is a broad this year.
The believe present obama.
The commander in chief.
Reopened the thought process of closing is based. Down.
So that's safe.
Bring to Unites States.
Well with all due respect to president obama.
Commander in chief be couldn't be further from wrong.
Along the without the shift opinion torture or they have no right
to be on or so.
Poems could I keep hearing about the torture for you arrest torture.
There's no evidence of any kind of torture.
Defense use one heidi hauling. It's classified will have access
to this than the Windows from you know professional witness they
bought upper what it whatever it is vital would be speak on behalf
the There is absolutely. No evidence that i've seen.
There's been submitted and the core of these proceedings.
It any one of these high-value detainees suffered any kind of. Torture.
I have more so my body.
From the injuries and nine eleven.
I was tortured.
Stock you met.
Also more so my buddy.
Pitchers if you will.
Injuries that have all my buddy.
Not from torture for nine. Eleven.
All flights so should the midterm.
Darling. But just because somebody has quote unquote head injury.
In claims they were tortured.
Doesn't it strong.
Any prisoner would want me hut hide behind that the defense attorney
would love to keep them. You know a couple are doing something
like that.
I don't buy into this whole tortured.
Stuff. That change there were there.
With respect.
All I like to thank you for the victim witness assistance program.
But can't say enough.
About what they've done for us.
They make it possible for us supreme down. Here.
I hope that it continues to be. Oh well that's family members
or survivors come down here.
Because once again they have the right.
To be here.
Mm I would like to thank the men in the world and That serve
in our military.
I really mean that I have the utmost respect for each every one
of. You.
Because that's all I have right now.
This is I wasn't gonna speak. But I after listening to the press conference.
I feel compelled and mister canal.
Me a comment.
That that really made me angry and I was say one thing.
Mass. Murderers.
And I think they're forgetting that these men. That's what the
other mass murders.
And he made the Comment about due process that.
And you.
And even a what what he meant by that because due. Process.
Did people that die that day or were injured.
Why did they need due process. They did commit any crime.
Might has been doing commit a crime.
My scale leading commit any crime. Why did we deserve due process.
That's that's something for a criminal.
In our country will.
I just don't understand what he meant by that.
And it really made me angry and and they're forgetting that these
men are mass murderers and they need. To.
Be tried for that in the And that's it. That's what the SEC.
That year.
And This with more than a year for for questions and These.
Days and Here's sessions where's goods and the the share of there
was no stranger these.
Systems. It's ours means costs.
And I just wants to be reports.
You if those dates.
Because of was all a dress and the shoes that more at spores.
Was it is that is that the prosecution.
Was only expected prosecution will want to say.
Time-line dates to force this trial to move forward. We also
expect a defense to fade into the nail that every turn.
Indeed the one the one defense counsel.
Of the west came right out and said that whenever indeed you
think you have just duet album and Two years until it.
And these at least in a very arbitrary fashion sellout.
As much as we would all like to see.
Justice serve.
It's clear that defense is looking for justice. Tonight.
Lawyers say so that if you don't mind.
When depression is could over close to two thousand and eight
to two thousand and nine.
A five high-value detainees from the stadium.
We're ready to well except what they. Get.
Then our government governs loft mister uproar.
Wanted to move everything out here.
Bring it to the new york city break to the States.
Of that held a lot of things up.
Once again an.
To close is based there will be a mistake.
To be an insult to every one of these family members.
That's the only.
Thing everyone a lost a lot when that debt.
And I them then that is based is open.
And I have full confidence and faith in his prosecution team.
And they will do everything.
See justice for each and every one of us were there takes a year
from now two years from now.
I stand with prosecution. Thank. You.
I certainly any in favor of two things move along more quickly
than they have then.
And I would like to remind you people in the press that you have
in to the white sea air.
Employees to report everything.
No I just let what catches somebody's ally and the attention.
We had some they can you killed.
Thank. You.
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