Friday, June 22, 2007
Stacked deck, rigged game, crooked deal
That would pretty much sum up the process of determining whether to keep a detainee at Gitmo. With a presumption of guilt, those brought in had little chance of going anywhere. And now a Reserve officer who was part of the initial examinations has given a sworn affadavit with details of how it worked.
More on this from the Boston Globe.
In an interview yesterday, Mr. Abraham, 46, said the hearing process included what amounted to a presumption that detainees were guilty. He said he felt that some people involved in gathering evidence for the tribunals did not have the training to understand either the legal process they were being asked to run or the intelligence materials they were reviewing.We have them, therefore they must be guilty. Old Joe Stalin could not have said it any better.
As a result, he said in the interview, the hearing often had the predictable result even if there was little specific evidence against the detainee. “If what you fear is the consequence of somebody being released, what better way to assuage that fear than to not release him?” he asked.
More on this from the Boston Globe.
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