Tuesday, February 07, 2006

What you heard about the folks in Guantanamo, mostly guano.

The National Journal has the story here.
Four years later, they are still there. That's what happens when a man is presumed guilty until proven innocent; when associating with people who associate with bad people is sufficient grounds for guilt; when hearsay statements, whether offered from truth, coercion, or boredom, are taken as genuine until proven otherwise; when being on the wrong side of a local war when America enters the picture is proof of fighting against America; when U.S. military commanders charged with keeping us safe from harm are asked to sit in judgment.

"Indeed, the evidence considered persuasive by the tribunal is made up almost entirely of hearsay evidence recorded by unidentified individuals with no firsthand knowledge of the events they describe," wrote Cmdr. James Crisfield, a Navy judge advocate general and the legal adviser to the Combatant Status Review Tribunals, in response to one tribunal decision.
One Nation, under George, with Liberty and Justice only for those he likes.

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