Reply #1: I just read an article on why the bush admin is pushing this through so fast

[Lone_Star_Dem]

In a nutshell, they want the cases moving forward while they're in power because then it would be nearly impossible for the next president to to stop the trials once they've got the public on board.

They're sick, sick bastards. Period.

Air Force Col. Moe Davis, who resigned as the Guantanamo chief prosecutor earlier this year because of what he considered political interference, suggested the Bush administration was racing the clock to ensure the trials went forward after he leaves office.

"Several layers below the White House, there was kind of a common theme that these things had to get going before the election," Davis said. "If you get that train rolling, it's going to make it difficult for whoever wins the election to stop that. Who's going to tell the 9-11 families they want to stop this process?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2B645334.htm"