Guantanamo military lawyer breaks ranks to condemn 'unconscionable' detention

[cal04]

By Leonard Doyle in Washington
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3101949.ece

An American military lawyer and veteran of dozens of secret Guantanamo tribunals has made a devastating attack on the legal process for determining whether Guantanamo prisoners are "enemy combatants".

The whistleblower, an army major inside the military court system which the United States has established at Guantanamo Bay, has described the detention of one prisoner, a hospital administrator from Sudan, as "unconscionable".

His critique will be the centrepiece of a hearing on 5 December before the US Supreme Court when another attempt is made to shut the prison down. So nervous is the Bush administration of the latest attack – and another Supreme Court ruling against it – that it is preparing a whole new system of military courts to deal with those still imprisoned.

The whistleblower's testimony is the most serious attack to date on the military panels, which were meant to give a fig- leaf of legitimacy to the interrogation and detention policies at Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. The major has taken part in 49 status review panels.

[Richard Steele]

1. K&R

[Drum]

2. Kick & rec

:thumbsup:

[walldude]

3. K&R.. Wow I'm shocked and amazed that this is not appearing

in the U.S. media... :eyes: Nice catch cal...

[annabanana]

4. Once again, the British Press makes horses asses out of ours!

Just when does the US Media get tired of getting rousted all around the globe by every paid pencil pusher that draws breath?

(rec)

[warren pease]

7. Just about the time...

... they stop getting those fat checks from their corporate masters that pay for all that imposed ignorance.


wp

[JohnnyLib2]

5. He'll be "Plamed" by the RW experts....

poor, brave soul.

[SlowDownFast]

6. Kick and Rec'd.

Shut the mutha down!

[killbotfactory]

8. Give this man a promotion

[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. Has the (U.S.) media done anything with this story?

I hope this man lives longer than most of the "truthers" that defy the cabal. Without public outcry, his life is forfeit.

[annabanana]

10. Not a peep. Nothing outside the blogosphere at all.

(And, sadly, not that much IN the blogosphere. . )