Beyond guilt or innocence? Down in Gitmo you can get put away for life.
“It is not a criminal trial and is not intended to determine guilt or innocence,” Gordon said. “Rather, it is an administrative process ... to confirm the status of enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo as part of the Global War on Terrorism.”
The irony is 'The Enemy' cannot combat his imprisonment. Or not very well. We do this to protect our freedom and our way of life, which should be all well and good. Guilt or innocence disintegrate in the nether world of Guantanamo, where life and liberty have lost all meaning. Language loses power and obfuscates rather than clarifies.
Some findings on Guantanamo some may find troubling. The Seton Hall University analysis reveals:
* The government did not produce any witnesses in any hearing.
* The military denied all detainee requests to inspect the classified evidence against them.
* The military refused all requests for defense witnesses who were not detained at Guantanamo.
* In 74 percent of the cases, the government denied requests to call witnesses who were detained at the prison.
* In 91 percent of the hearings, the detainees did not present any evidence.
* In three cases, the panel found that the detainee was “no longer an enemy combatant,” but the military convened new tribunals that later found them to be enemy combatants.
Guilty until proven innocent is the order of the day. You have no way to prove you are not what they say you are. Kafka would be proud.
