What excuse will they use next?
I was just thinking the same thing , but to be fair i believe they should be tried in a military tribunal, and that a criminal trial will reveal secrets like in the trial against the 93 bombers
"Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and some of his co-defendants may have relevant evidence to offer as defense witnesses for Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur at the Guantanamo war court, a military judge said on Monday.
Prosecutors have suggested that testimony from Mohammed and the other "high-value" Guantanamo prisoners, whose words are considered classified secrets, could jeopardize U.S. national security.
The war court at the isolated U.S. naval base in southeastern Cuba heard legal motions on Monday in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who is scheduled to be the first Guantanamo prisoner to go to trial next week before the first U.S. military tribunals since World War Two.
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Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the military judge, told the two sides to try to work out how the war court could hear the testimony. He said he did not see how he could hold a fair trial without evidence from the potential witnesses......"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...edName=topNews
It could have been simpler, couldn't it?