US Military Rehearses "PRE-ORDAINED" Terror Hearings

[kpete]

(I rarely comment - but this is SO sick - kpete)


U.S. military rehearses terror hearings By MICHAEL MELIA, Associated Press Writer
Sun Dec 17, 7:43 PM ET

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The U.S. military is rehearsing for hearings on whether 14 top terror suspects can be held indefinitely without charge as enemy combatants, but defense lawyers say the outcome is preordained.

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At the hearings, a military panel will evaluate whether the men should be classified as "enemy combatants," a designation which allows them to be held indefinitely and prevents them from challenging their detention in the U.S. court system.

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Defense attorneys have condemned the hearings as shams because classified evidence is withheld from the detainees and they are not afforded defense lawyers.

"There is no question that these 14 have no chance," Brent Mickum, an attorney who represents two Britons at Guantanamo, said Saturday. "The decision has (already) been made that they are enemy combatants."

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_rehearsals_3

[rodeodance]

1. that lable seals their fate.

[HuffleClaw]

2. rehearsing ???!!!

the soviets 'rehearsed' their show trials too.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. Just like professional wrestling!