Judge Removed From Gitmo Case

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

What's Up Down There?

by digby

I think we all knew that these Gitmo trials were less than just, but they seem to be turning into full blown Kangaroo Courts --- with The Pentagon calling the shots and changing the rules at will.

The Defense Department was mum Friday on the reasons for the abrupt removal of a Guantánamo war court judge who had threatened to suspend the trial of Canadian captive Omar Khadr in a showdown with the controversial prison camp.

Military prosecutors had been pressing Brownback to set a trial date, but he has repeatedly directed them first to satisfy defense requests for access to potential evidence. At a hearing earlier this month, he threatened to suspend the proceedings altogether unless the detention center provided records of Khadr's confinement.