9/11 Families: Gitmo Tribunals 'Tainted'

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Blotter/story?id=4996146


By ARIANE de VOGUE
June 4, 2008
In advance of Thursday's arraignment of alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others at Guantanamo Bay, the relatives of seven victims of the 9/11 attacks are charging that the military tribunals are "tainted by political influence."

A group of 9/11 victims' relatives say the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay are "tainted by political influence."
In a June 3 letter to Susan Crawford, the judge who serves as the convening authority over the commissions, the family members claim that the latest example of the system's "politicization" was a secret invitation to attend the proceedings that allegedly was extended only to Deborah Burlingame, who lost her brother in 9/11 and has supported the Bush administration's position on the military tribunals.

Burlingame was also a featured speaker at the last Republican National Convention.



Burlingame told ABC News that she had not been invited to attend, but said she does believe "the system is fair and objective." She said she's "not worried about the process," but instead is worried about how the process will be carried out.

"I'm against trials in the criminal justice system," she told ABC News.


But Burlingame did express disappointment that the military is unable to accommodate victim's family members who want to watch the proceedings.

[Bryan Sacks]

1. and remember . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWRtEwgsc-o

[wildbilln864]

2. "Malevolence is not incompetence"...

Thanks for the video link.

[seemslikeadream]

3. Malicious behavior.

[noise]

4. Why are photos

of the al Qaeda detainees top secret? Are we supposed to trust US media networks? Ha. That is amusing. We saw photos of Saddam Hussein so it doesn't wash that there is some decorum rationale. It seems like more bizarre secrecy with idiotic (and corrupt) US media playing their usual pathetic role. If torture was ok then showing photos should be ok.

[Diane_nyc]

5. Thanks for posting this. nt

[Bassman66]

6. Why is the American Government happy...

...to be seen acting like Stalinist Russia?