United Press International: Military lawyers criticize tribunal
"'I don't know of any case in which uniformed defense counsel have participated in friend of the court brief in a civilian court other than the court of appeals for U.S. military justice,' said Eugene Fidell.
The 30-page brief pulls no punches in its criticism of the legal issues surrounding the more than 600 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, ostensibly outside the reach of civilian courts.
'If there is no right to civilian review, the government is free to conduct sham trials and condemn to death those who do nothing more than pray to Allah,' the brief states."
These fine folk (no sarcasm) are braving the worst kind of career backlash. Unlike Bubba Bush, they are really protecting, upholding and defending the Constitution.
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