Tribe negotiations, budget show signs of waning influence

BY KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA 

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Charlie Crist soon will embark on his final legislative session in Tallahassee, his last chance to push through an agenda that could be his legacy when he vacates the governor’s mansion in January 2011.

The United States government has held Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Guantanamo ever since his capture in 2003. He was one of many "enemy combatants" held there without charge or trial. Not only did he suffer from this violation of American and international law, but Mohammed suffered through water boarding torture an incredible 180 times in just 30 days.