It is a bedrock principle of our system of justice that everyone who is
charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven
guilty. That includes "high-value detainees" awaiting trial in
Guantánamo's military commissions. Yet pre-trial hearings held June
17-21 in the cases of five men charged with planning the 9/11 attacks
revealed a clear presumption of guilt on the part of the government.
The issues litigated in the hearings included undue influence exerted on
the military commission by political leaders, defects in the charging
process, government violation of the attorney-client privilege, the
right of the accused to exculpatory evidence in the hands of the
International Committee of the Red Cross, and the exclusion of the
accused from some pre-trial hearings.
***Read article at Truthout***
9/11: ISRAEL DID IT
Gitmo, awful for US human rights record
9/11 Military Trial Judge Frustrated by Government Shenanigans
Damn....
ReplyDelete