Today the U.S. will try four detainees at Guantanamo Bay in the first military trials conducted by the U.S. since World War II. The proceedings have been condemned as fundamentally unfair by defense attorneys and human rights groups. Secret evidence will be allowed and appeals will go to a panel selected by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Human rights group and the media have been invited to attend the hearings but no one will be allowed to record the proceedings.
U.S. To Open First Military Tribunals Since WWII
HeadlineAug 24, 2004