Thursday, April 26, 2007

Still No Justice in the "Justice" Department

As this report on the antidemocratic, unjust, and unconstitutional - and completely arrogant - "requests" of the Justice Department from the New York Times confirms, the bushbaby playpen still blocks any and all efforts to bring suspected terrorists to justice, which of course means charging them, providing a speedy and fair trial, and a judgement on guilt or innocence from a fair and impartial court.
(And why is anyone in favor of Gonzales keeping his ill-fitted post?)

The New York Times
Washington
Court Asked to Limit Lawyers at Guantánamo
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
Published: April 26, 2007

A Justice Department filing in a federal appeals court proposes limits on lawyers’ contact with their clients and access to secret evidence in their cases.
[...]
“These rules,” Mr. Hafetz of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University said, “are an effort to restore Guantánamo to its prior status as a legal black hole.”

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