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Commentary: War crimes trials and outside pressure

From the SCOTUS blog :Commentary: War crimes trials and outside pressure Sunday, May 11th, 2008 1:01 pm | Lyle Denniston | Commentary The Nation?s first war crimes trial in the post-9/11 era is still set to begin in 17 days ? unless the D.C. Circuit Court delays it ? but that prosecution and perhaps others will occur under potentially embarrassing conditions. In fact, the entire regme of military commissions set up to try terrorism suspects is under the most significant legal cloud to form in what was already a troubled history. In a ruling made public over the weekend, a military judge at Guantanamo Bay has barred the Pentagon?s second-in-command over military commission trials from taking any further part in the first case, and has in fact suggested that he perhaps should resign...continue to full post

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