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    • They Just Keep On Doing It

      Posted by Billbar

      The White House has proposed draft legislation for new special military courts. The Navy's top uniformed lawyer from 1997 to 2000 described the proposed rules as follows: the rules would evidently allow the government to tell a prisoner: "We know you're guilty. We can't tell you why, but there's a guy, we can't tell you who, who told us something. We can't tell you what, but you're guilty."

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    • White House proposes ’solution’ to Hamdan case

      Posted by Billbar from Carpet Bag Report

      The new-and-improved military commissions could consider charges against just about anyone, not for being a suspected terrorist, but for a list of offenses Donald Rumsfeld could add to at his own discretion. The accused would not have the right to confront their accusers, or to exclude hearsay accusations, or to bar evidence obtained through torture. The right to a public trial, a speedy trial, and to choose your own military counsel would not apply. Indeed, the commission could try the accused without him or her even being there.

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    • The Court Under Siege

      Posted by Billbar from New York Times

      One big thing we’ve learned from watching President Bush’s assault on the balance of powers is that the federal courts are the only line of defense. Congress not only lacks the spine to stand up to Mr. Bush, but is usually eager to accommodate him. So it is especially frightening to see the administration use the debates over the prisoners at Guant�namo Bay and domestic spying to mount a new offensive against the courts.

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    • The Gitmo Fallout

      Posted by Billbar from MSNBC

      ...what rights captured foreign fighters and terror suspects were entitled to while in U.S. custody. White House hard-liners, led by Vice President Dick Cheney and his uncompromising lawyer, David Addington, made it clear that there was only one acceptable answer. One day, Bowker recalls, a colleague explained the goal: to "find the legal equivalent of outer space"—a "lawless" universe.

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    Jeff comments on:

    2 Guantanamo detainees’ cases tossed

    The entire dysfunctional terror war is reaching its epoch.

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    7:54 pm 6/04/07
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    Billbar comments on:

    Supreme Court blocks Bush, Gitmo war trials

    Scalia, Alito and Thomas voted against. Roberts recused himself. These 3 men don't even know right from wrong anymore.

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    8:20 am 6/29/06
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