Pentagon Set to Politicize 9/11 Trial - PEEK

Despite the fact that defense attorneys for five suspected al Qaeda members being held at Guantanamo Bay have not yet received security clearances from the Pentagon that would allow them to participate in hearings, the Bush administration is aggressively pushing ahead with the prosecutions. The lawyers also claim that so far, they have had only a few hours to meet with their clients and have not had time to sufficiently "prepare a defense" in the death ... Full Story »

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Richard Riehl
2.7
by Richard Riehl - Oct. 1, 2008

The story reports accurately what is happening, but doesn't dig into the motives for it. That would require getting a response from the Pentagon to the allegation that the trials are being moved up for political purposes. To simply assume evil intent doesn't help the reader sort out the truth.

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