AP Gets Shocking New Report on Gitmo

AP Gets Shocking New Report on Gitmo

Published: November 17, 2006 7:50 AM ET

SAN JUAN The U.S. military called no witnesses, withheld evidence from detainees and usually reached a decision within a day as it determined that hundreds of men detained at Guantanamo Bay were "enemy combatants," according to a new report.

The analysis of transcripts and records by two lawyers for Guantanamo detainees, aided by more than two dozen law students, found that hearings that determined whether a prisoner should remain in custody gave the accused little opportunity to contest allegations against him.

"These were not hearings. These were shams," said Mark Denbeaux, an attorney and Seton Hall University law professor who along with his son, Joshua, is the author of the report. They provided an advance copy of the report to The Associated Press late Thursday and planned to release it Friday on the Internet.

Their report, based on an analysis of records of military hearings of 393 detainees, comes as the U.S. government seeks to severely restrict detainee access to civilian courts, arguing that the Combatant Status Review Tribunals should be their main legal recourse.

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to make retroactive laws.

Their report, based on an analysis of records of military hearings of 393 detainees, comes as the U.S. government seeks to severely restrict detainee access to civilian courts, arguing that the Combatant Status Review Tribunals should be their main legal recourse.

If Lord God "Unitary Executive" Bush* says they are enemy then by Gawd they are enemy and if you disagree you are enemy as well.....Ain't Amerika grand?????

But you can try to play "catch-up journalism" if you wish.

Oh, yeah, and both Foley and Hastert are REPUBLICANS!

Savvy?

pretty much what I was thinking. Feigning surprise or not paying attention, either way there is complicity in the corporate media.

of all of the US "legal minds" working within this program.

For people with actual legal credentials to be party to this is really disgusting to me...it is heinous, and no "lawyer" involved with this sham should be allowed to work again in our legal system again.
This goes beyond the worst of insiration for bad-lawyer jokes, and they are undermining the foundations of our entire legal system...participating in it should be a terminal career move for every one of them.

Shame!

:mad:

They have no morals or values and then cry like infants when they get caught. Kangaroo Court proven and a shock? Hardly.

Hey George, bad news BoBo - you committed warcrimes and any country on the planet can call for your day in international court. Might want to start talking to Henry about what life is like stuck in the US.