Friday, September 08, 2006

A new law. The same problems

Apparently, Bush's proposal to prevent defendants from seeing the evidence against them has met with disapproval by the chief legal officers of the Army, Navy and Marines. And, detailed reading of the proposed 'tribunal' bill reveals that CIA personnel will still be able to torture prisoners.

Are these hallmarks of an "effective democracy" as describes in our National Strategy for Combating Counterterrorism?

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