New Gitmo Court can Silence Captives who tell secrets at a flick of a switch

[Ichingcarpenter]

A new court at Guantánamo would allow the U.S. military to keep its secrets by cutting off terror suspects' testimony from the ears of observers at the flick of a switch.


GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- On the eve of the resumption of its war crimes trials, the military on Sunday unveiled a new state-of-the-art court capable of trying six alleged terrorists simultaneously -- and silencing them from the outside world, if they try to spill state secrets.

The military offered a comprehensive look at its new court, part of a $12 million razor-wire-ringed legal complex that arrived by cargo plane and barge in prefabricated parts. Unlike a more ambitious plan to build a $125 million compound on the site overlooking Guantánamo Bay, the new compound can be dismantled and shipped back stateside once trials are done.

''We got it up in six months at a fraction of the cost,'' said Army Col. Wendy Kelly, director of operations at the Pentagon's Office of Military Commissions.

Architecturally, the bunker-style building is a bland structure impenetrable to electronic eavesdropping.

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[fenriswolf]

1. OMG

you can hear their testimony from their own mouths, censored of course.


is it facism yet?

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. The thing is they will move this set up back to the States when it is over

Their lawyer can't even hear what they say in court in real time

I'm reminded of Der Prozess (The Trial) by Kafka

[Solly Mack]

3. damn

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Yes, damn is the word but it all ties in

To people not paying attention......

This is a machine they will bring back to the states
THEY SAID THAT.