After a trial filled with overwhelming constitutional and procedural flaws, a jury of military officers today found Salim Hamdan guilty of providing material support for terrorism.
The American Civil Liberties Union has been at Guantánamo Bay observing the Hamdan proceedings, which lacked the fundamental legal safeguards found in traditional U.S. courts or military courts governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. In our first segment this week, The American Civil Liberties Union's Ben Wizner is one of the few outside independent observers that was present for the proceedings, Wizner spoke with the ACLU's Suzanne Utoe following the verdict.
Listen to the interview | Here | .
Stay up to date with all of the news on the Military Commissions Proceedings at Guantanamo Bay by reading the ACLU's Blog of Rights.
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With calls for independent investigations of the Bush Administration, and the Department of Justice having fallen largely on deaf Congressional ears, currently no such substantial hearings or investigations are scheduled to probe the growing list of violations that the current administration has commited under U.S. and International Law.
In this context, Author and Correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, Jane Mayer gave this report based on her book "The Dark Side" from Democracy Now!
Click |Here| to listen to the report.
With calls for independent investigations of the Bush Administration, and the Department of Justice having fallen largely on deaf Congressional ears, currently no such substantial hearings or investigations are scheduled to probe the growing list of violations that the current administration has commited under U.S. and International Law.
In this context, Author and Correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, Jane Mayer gave this report based on her book "The Dark Side" from Democracy Now!
Click |Here| to listen to the report.
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