Guantanamo Trials Not 'Kangaroo Court' -Rumsfeld

[UpInArms]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4501430§ion=news

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday dismissed criticism of Pentagon's rules for planned trials of foreign terrorism suspects before U.S. military tribunals and said the proceedings will not be "a kangaroo court."

In an interview with Reuters, Rumsfeld also said some of the roughly 640 non-U.S. citizens being held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may remain locked up there for years.

The United States is planning to conduct trials before military tribunals of some of the Guantanamo prisoners in the first such proceedings since World War II.

Rumsfeld dismissed criticism by human rights and legal activists of the rules created by the Pentagon for these trials, which include government eavesdropping on conversations between defendants and their lawyers and no appeals to U.S. civilian courts or existing military courts.

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[Liberal Veteran]

1. And if you can't believe a ruthless PNAC liar, who can you believe?

Duh.

[hang a left]

3. Captain Kangaroo himself!

[renegade000]

2. rumsfeld:

"of course these proceedings will not be a kangaroo court...captain kangaroo is currently serving his duty abroad"

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. Phew! That's A Relief

For a second there, I thought that Dumb Donald Rumsfeld was actually going to be honest, forcing me to re-examine my perspective on the world.

[htuttle]

5. "Kettle not black" -- Pot

[Jacobin]

6. That's right. They are Koala Bear Courts.

There's a difference. Not so much hopping around since the lawyers for the defendants can't have private conversations with their clients.

:-)

[Q]

7. They're holding them illegally...

...and without due process and legal representation. The only thing that CAN come after that is a kangaroo court.

[Just Me]

8. Rumsfeld ACTS exactly like a DICTATOR,...

,...I see horns on his head. He is a freak of nature which we should "compassionately" contain. He and his comrades should all be "compassionately" contained away from the rest of humanity.