----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Secret Military Tribunals
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:47:18 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > > >Then you agree that we shouldn't hold non-Americans without just cause > >and should not try them in secret military tribunals? We shouldn't deny > >human rights to non-Americans simply because they aren't American? > > > > Please please please please PLEASE go to the following URL and read the > article: > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/30/opinion/30GONZ.html?searchpv=past7days. > > The military tribunals are NOT SECRET! Repeating, NOT SECRET! > That is a valid point, and I fully agree with it. However, it took weeks for that bit of information to come out. Since it is so critical for the perception of fairness, and since that perception helps the alliance, I wonder why the administration took so long to give that detail. My guess is that there was a difference of opinion over whether to keep the trial fully secret. Dan M.
