...even though Rethugs try to make his stupid show trials legal.
Defense and Justice lawyers say they are afraid they won't be able to use "coerced" testimony.
Military Justice Idea Rejected for Alleged Terror Defendants - Los Angeles Times:
Bush administration lawyers today rejected congressional suggestions to try alleged Al Qaeda and Taliban war criminals in the U.S. military justice system, saying military courts provide protections for defendants that are unwarranted in the war on terrorism.
In their most detailed description of administration policy since the Supreme Court struck down the Pentagon's special war crimes tribunals last month, the lawyers said their ability to introduce evidence gathered through coercion or through sensitive intelligence sources would be compromised if they were forced to use the Uniform Code of Military Justice to charge Al Qaeda defendants.
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