A new report by Ed Bradley airing on "60 Minutes" this Sunday at 7 p.m., reinforces the obvious with new interviews of the military lawyers assigned to defend Guantanamo Bay suspects. They're quoted at length that the strictures in place -- keeping evidence hidden from defendants, admitting hearsay and rumour, make a mockery of our legal system and virtually impossible for them to mount a fair defense.
And of course, the trial really is a complete joke since even if someone is found innocent, they'll most likely be thrown right back in their cell -- and if they're found guilty, they'll serve their time...and still remain locked up.
“If [my client] Salim wins, does he get anything?" asks Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift. "No, he goes back to the same cell, so it seems awfully a lot for show, doesn’t it?"
Live Blog of the President's Speech No. 2
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Throughout this period, our troop levels in Afghanistan remained a fraction
of what they were in Iraq. When I took office, we had just over 32,000
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