[lbo-talk] New Guantánamo court can silence captives who tell secrets

S K worldviewsblog at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 14:07:38 PST 2008


http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/405304.html

A new court at Guantánamo would allow the U.S. military to keep its secrets by cutting off terror suspects' testimony from the ears of observers at the flick of a switch.

BY CAROL ROSENBERG Miami Herald GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- On the eve of the resumption of its war crimes trials, the military on Sunday unveiled a new state-of-the-art court capable of trying six alleged terrorists simultaneously -- and silencing them from the outside world, if they try to spill state secrets.

The military offered a comprehensive look at its new court, part of a $12 million razor-wire-ringed legal complex that arrived by cargo plane and barge in prefabricated parts. Unlike a more ambitious plan to build a $125 million compound on the site overlooking Guantánamo Bay, the new compound can be dismantled and shipped back stateside once trials are done.

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