A troubling story. One is reminded of the point Jefferson made - once you have a tiger by the ears, it's hard to let go.
Obama to revive terror tribunals
LARA JAKES
Associated Press
May 15, 2009 at 1:00 AM EDT
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama will restart military tribunals for a small number of Guantanamo detainees, reviving a fiercely disputed trial system he once denounced but with new legal protections for terror suspects, U.S. officials said Thursday.
Mr. Obama suspended the tribunals within hours of taking office in January, ordering a review but stopping short of abandoning former president George W. Bush's strategy of prosecuting suspected terrorists.
The military trials will remain frozen for another four months as the administration adjusts the legal system that is expected to try fewer than 20 of the 241 detainees at the U.S. naval detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Thirteen detainees — including five charged with helping orchestrate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — are already in the tribunal system.
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