No faces, no names as Hicks' trial begins (Guantanamo Bay)

[the Kelly Gang]

No faces, no names as Hicks' trial begins
By Marian Wilkinson
Guantanamo Bay
August 24, 2004

There is the appearance of justice in the newly furnished courtroom where David Hicks tomorrow will finally be allowed to plead his guilt or innocence, almost three years after US forces in Afghanistan bundled him onto a military plane and flew him to this naval base on the barren eastern tip of Cuba.

Hicks will be without his shackles and orange overalls, dressed for the first time since his capture in civilian clothes. He will sit in one of the red leather chairs at the defence table with his three lawyers. To his right will be the military prosecutors.

In front of him will be five US military officers led by Colonel Peter Brownback III, the presiding officer, against a backdrop of the five flags of the US military services.


http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/23/1093246443897.html?oneclick=true

[seemslikeadream]

1. I'm watching his story on the sundance channel

right now.

[gratuitous]

2. And who reviews the tribunal's decisions?

This whole thing is an aneurysm of justice.