Gitmo is a blot and blight on America's much trumpeted claim to be a nation with the Rule of Law well and truly entrenched. One might have hoped that Obama, a lawyer would be alive to what the US is doing detaining men at Gitmo - with no charges, no trials, no convictions and the prospect of being there for years. In fact Obama has shown himself to be worse than Bush.
Today he made things even more disgraceful.
"President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security. The administration also said it will start new military commission trials for detainees there."
And as if all of that that wasn't bad enough, the final "insult"......
"Under the order, each detainee will receive within a year a written, unclassified review of the factors that justify his continued incarceration. A government representative will be appointed to advocate on behalf of the detainees, who will have the right to hire private counsel, but not at the government's expense, the executive order says."
One might ask where a detainee at Gitmo for many years would find the money to fund a private lawyer?
Today he made things even more disgraceful.
"President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security. The administration also said it will start new military commission trials for detainees there."
And as if all of that that wasn't bad enough, the final "insult"......
"Under the order, each detainee will receive within a year a written, unclassified review of the factors that justify his continued incarceration. A government representative will be appointed to advocate on behalf of the detainees, who will have the right to hire private counsel, but not at the government's expense, the executive order says."
One might ask where a detainee at Gitmo for many years would find the money to fund a private lawyer?
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