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US President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Friday that he is reviving military trials for some of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
But legal rights for defendants facing the military commissions will be significantly improved, officials said.
Originally posted by 0010110011101
So the current position is that only 20 of the original 241 detainees are to be tried. So that begs the question if the other 221 werent worthy of trial why where they there in the first place?
"The BBC's Adam Brookes in Washington says the president may have decided that trying detainees such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - the man who allegedly planned 9/11 - in a civilian court in the US would be simply too complex and too difficult."
Why would it be too complex or difficult. All you need is a press blackout and the problem is solved.
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