Probably not worth posting but... It occurred to me last night, listening to Bush, that the problem with attempting to bring so-called terrorists to any form of open tribunal, is that the government has so bungled the captures, evidence, and detention that they have no usable evidence to prosecute these people, and in fact don't really know if they are guilty or innocent of anything or of nothing worth putting them in prison.
These persistent claims that evidence is so sensitive that it can't be made public or made known to those charged, is simply a cover for the appalling probability that there is no evidence. So the government is stuck. It has to push through some form of bogus trial and get rid of these people.
And further. If there really is some evidence on some people, it is most probably so contaminated by the way it was handled and how it was obtained that even if it is accurate, it is worthless for use at almost any form of trial.
This foot dragging over the format of a tribunal or trial is just a cover-up. If the Bush administration can't keep these trials secrete, then they are the ones who will unmasked as complete incompetents.
CG