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More on Gitmo
Monday, October 13th, 2008The L.A. Times exchanges a series of emails with Mark Vandeveld. Vandeveld was formerly one of the top federal prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay. He resigned in protest last month due to what he said were fundamental flaws in fairness and due process with the tribunals for suspected enemy combatants.
Wow! How incredibly biased does the process have to be for professional prosecutors to refuse to participate. I mean these are generally people with no appreciable morality who are out for their own conviction statistics above all else.
Kind of reminds me of this quote from BBC’s Coupling:
“That redhead has been naked in my head for two years now, performing deviant sex acts that would make the world’s top porn stars go white and steady themselves on the furniture.”
For information’s sake, what is the official reason given by the administration for trying detainees in military tribunals rather than in open court? I’m sure we can all speculate about the reasons (kangaroo courts, etc.), but I’m curious as to the official party line on the matter.
National security of course! And no we can’t tell you why it’s a national security issues because that’s a matter of national security too!
Not sure why Ktc2 was downvoted on that one. One of the claims has always been national security i.e. to try them in open court would expose state secrets, how intelligence was gathered, who we are watching, bla blah blah.
It’s not very compelling but that’s the bullshit reason they’ve been using. Plus discovery and other things are more easily restricted in tribunals rather than normal courts.
When the administration uses the “t” word they expect absolute condemnation of the person to whom it refers. Once that word is invoked, the person no longer has rights, and questioning that is un-American.