Washington: The US Marine Corps lawyer assigned to defend Australian terror suspect David Hicks today criticised the military tribunal process and said it will not allow a fair trial.
Major Michael Mori, who in November was assigned to be the military lawyer for Hicks, said the system set up by the Pentagon for trials of non-US citizens captured during what US officials call the war on terror was unfair.
Hicks has been held at the US Guantanamo naval base in Cuba for the past two year, along with hundreds of other prisoners detained during the US invasion of Afghanistan.
None of the roughly 660 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay has yet been charged with any crimes although Pentagon officials have suggested that military trials for some could begin soon.
"The military commissions will not provide a full and fair trial," Mori told a news conference.
"The commission process has been created and controlled by those with a vested interest only in convictions.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/22/1074360868538.html
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