Listening to the lawyers on Guantanamo From: International Herald Tribune | Date: August 9, 2006 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

International Herald Tribune

08-09-2006

We've known for some time now that the Bush administration sidelined the military lawyers when it created the thinly disguised kangaroo courts known as military commissions to try the inmates of Guantanamo Bay.Now we can see why.Several hours of Senate testimony last week by the chief lawyers of the armed services provided a withering condemnation of those policies, as well as a blueprint for how to repair the damage. It was clear...

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