Guantanamo detainees' stories released in court papers
Pete Yost and Matt Kelley, Associated Press
April 9, 2005
Startribune.com
WASHINGTON — In a development the Bush administration had hoped to avoid, the stories of about 60 detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base have spilled out in court papers.
A U.S. college-educated detainee asks plaintively in one: "Is it possible to see the evidence in order to refute it?''
In another transcript, the unidentified president of a U.S. military tribunal bursts out: "I don't care about international law. I don't want to hear the words 'international law' again. We are not concerned with international law.'' [...] Read the rest at:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5339113.html This link came from the http://mparent7777.blog-city.com blog which keeps track of and posts breaking stories.
© Virginia Metze
April 9, 2005
Startribune.com
WASHINGTON — In a development the Bush administration had hoped to avoid, the stories of about 60 detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base have spilled out in court papers.
A U.S. college-educated detainee asks plaintively in one: "Is it possible to see the evidence in order to refute it?''
In another transcript, the unidentified president of a U.S. military tribunal bursts out: "I don't care about international law. I don't want to hear the words 'international law' again. We are not concerned with international law.'' [...] Read the rest at:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5339113.html This link came from the http://mparent7777.blog-city.com blog which keeps track of and posts breaking stories.
© Virginia Metze
Starmail - 12. Apr, 14:33