Ex-military prosecutors fault Gitmo trials(rigged)

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http://www.bakersfield.com/24hour/politics/story/2598709p-11052632c.html

Ex-military prosecutors fault Gitmo trials

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday that two former members of the military team handling prosecutions of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had alleged last year that the trial system was rigged in favor of the government.

Officials said, however, that the prosecutors' charges had been thoroughly reviewed and dismissed as unfounded. While declining to reveal specifics of the allegations, a Pentagon spokesman said an investigation determined they were "much ado about nothing."

The allegations by Air Force Maj. John Carr, who was then a captain, and Air Force Maj. Robert Preston were first reported by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times in their Monday editions. The newspapers said they obtained internal e-mails written by Carr and Preston that detailed their allegations.

Lawrence Di Rita, senior spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, acknowledged the allegations but said he could not discuss them in detail.

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1. How does the Pentagon "confirm" a rigged trial?

They're denying it to the hilt.

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2. my bad, headline updated

should have said confirmed allegations...

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3. Why do they hate America? n/t

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4. When a MILITARY PROSECUTOR says the trials is too

pro-prosecution, you KNOW it's too pro-prosecution.