Glitches mar debut of Gitmo courthouse

"Wednesday's hearing marked the opening of the US$10 million (euro6.5 million) "Expeditionary Legal Complex." Laid out on the tarmac of an unused airfield, it features a windowless, corrugated-metal courthouse and nearly 100 tents where lawyers and journalists sleep. Previous hearings were conducted in the air-traffic control terminal nearby.

The temporary nature of the new facility reflects the uncertain future of America's first war-crimes trials since World War II. The Pentagon initially wanted a permanent, three-courtroom structure at a cost of US$125 million (euro80 million), but those plans were scaled back.

But the new facility can be easily dismantled if Bush's successor agrees with critics who condemn the new detention center for holding foreign men in indefinite custody away from traditional U.S. courts."

:argh: :grr: :wtf:

A "Legal Complex" dedicated to a Kangaroo Court is a corrugated shack. And the "guest facilities" are equally squalid.

And all of this in a no-man's land where no US law can be applied, and there are no consequences to criminal actions.

A shining example of Bushco "justice".