GUANTANIMO - The Military Commissions

Of the 780 detainees ever held at guantanimo bay, 37 remain. Ten of these have been charged and are awaiting trial,. including hambarley and his co defendants. The nine 11 case, involving five detainees accused of aiding the high jackers, has been stuck in pre trial hearings for ten years. Pre trial hearings for the man accused of organizing the S coal in two thousand have been under way for 11 years. Neither case has a trial date set. And as for why a decade is still going after a first trial, i think it's not simply because guantAnimo Bay is a pain to complete. It's that the system is almost self defeating because there are no