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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-03 11:17 PM
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Terror tribunals miss justice for all
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD

The president of the United States has authorized the convening of military tribunals in the cases of six foreign nationals. We are not being told their names, where they are being held, with what crimes they are being charged or even where the trials will take place.

And America presumes to teach the world about liberty and justice for all?

The defendants will, according to Georgetown University law professor David Cole, be prosecuted, defended and judged by their captor, with no right to see the evidence against them and no right to confidential attorney-client communications.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/129837_tribunaled.html

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