Prosecutor: "I'm here to tell the truth about Guantanamo" (BBC)

[kpete]

Guantanamo 'a stain on US military'

"It took me too long to recognise that we had abandoned our American values and defiled our constitution."

Darrel Vandeveld tells the BBC why he quit as a Guantanamo Bay prosecutor
By Gordon Corera
Security correspondent, BBC News

The tribunals used for putting suspects on trial at Guantanamo Bay are a "stain on America's military", a former military prosecutor has told the BBC in his first interview since resigning.

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"I know so many fighting men and women who are stained by the taint of Guantanamo, so I'm here to tell the truth about Guantanamo and how a few people have sullied the American military and the constitution," he told me during an interview in his home town of Erie, Pennsylvania.

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When he arrived, he says he found the prosecutor's office in chaos, with boxes scattered around the floor, files disorganised, evidence scattered in different places and no clear chain of command.

And more seriously, he soon discovered that defence lawyers were not receiving information which could help clear their clients, including evidence that suspects had been "mistreated" in order to secure confessions.

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more at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7761315.stm

[wildbilln864]

1. k&r! thank you. nt

[Senator]

2. Still, Failure To Impeach Over It Is Far Worse

That's the real "truth about Guantanamo."

And for that we can thank Pelosi, Obama, Clinton, Conyers, and the rest of the Impeachophobic DC-Dem "leaders."

Sure, this guy may put his beloved military ahead of the Constitution on his priority list, but even he didn't sell out our values for a bit of temporary, personal political gain.

Impeachment remains our ONLY moral, patriotic option.

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[dickthegrouch]

3. Is it possible to impeach after he leaves WH? /nt