Col. Dwight Sullivan, the chief of U.S. defence lawyers at Guantanamo, said Monday’s ruling could jeopardize the revised military commission system set up by Congress and U.S. President George W. Bush.
The revisions came after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2006 that the previous Guantanamo trial system was illegal.
None of the roughly 380 detainees at Guantanamo have been classified as “unlawful” enemy combatants.
“The experience of the military commission system demonstrates that it’s a failure,” Sullivan told CBC News. “Rather than trying to revive these charges, it seems time for the United States to take a new look and find a new way to deal with these cases.”
more at http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/04/khadr-charges.html
Jun 05, 2007, 01:48AM PDT | 0 comments
A US military judge has thrown out charges against two Guantanamo Bay detainees, casting fresh doubt on efforts to try foreign terror suspects.
Both cases collapsed because military authorities had failed to designate the men as “unlawful” enemy combatants. ....
“We don’t need any more evidence that it’s a failure – this system should just stop.”
Col Dwight Sullivan
Military lawyer
more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6720315.stm
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“Nearly 400 men are trapped in the prison at Guantanamo without charge or trial. This prison is the symbol and the center of President Bush’s assault on international law. But now we have a chance to shut it down—Bush’s own Secretary of Defense is publicly calling for closing Guantanamo. Bush’s advisors are split, and a global outcry could tip the balance. Sign the petition.”
http://www.avaaz.org/en/close_guantanamo/
Avaaz will run the petition and number of signers in key US newspapers as soon as we have signatures from every country.
“So far 80,653 have signed the petition, help us get to 100,000 207 countries and territories represented.”
Check the map to see how your country is doing.
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i was watching catch a fire and the scenes of torture made me think about the people in guantanamo and all the folks who have been and are being ‘renditioned’ ... when this was happening in sa i was a kid and i used to wonder what was wrong with the grown ups that let this happen on their watch … well i am a grown up now (chronologically) and this is happening on my watch.
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