On Sep 7, 2006, at 8:19 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> No, no, he protested...they (our intrepid protectors)
> know things we don't.
Amazingly, the military's top lawyers don't agree with either your co- worker or the Pres:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/washington/08detain.html? hp&ex=1157774400&en=fa1da1053abb2a24&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
> Brig, Gen. James C. Walker, the top uniformed lawyer for the
> Marines, said that no civilized country should deny a defendant the
> right to see the evidence against him and that the United States
> “should not be the first.”
>
> Maj. Gen. Scott C. Black, the judge advocate general of the Army,
> made the same point, and Rear Adm. Bruce E. MacDonald, the judge
> advocate general of the Navy, said military law provided rules for
> using classified evidence, whereby a judge could prepare an
> unclassified version of the evidence to share with the jury and the
> accused and his lawyer.
>
> Senate Republicans said the proposal to deny the accused the right
> to see classified evidence was one of the main points of contention
> remaining between them and the administration.
>
> “It would be unacceptable, legally, in my opinion, to give someone
> the death penalty in a trial where they never heard the evidence
> against them,” said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who
> has played a key role in the drafting of alternative legislation as
> a member of the Armed Services Committee and a military judge. “
> ‘Trust us, you’re guilty, we’re going to execute you, but we can’t
> tell you why’? That’s not going to pass muster; that’s not necessary