Gitmo trials: How to punish an aspiring martyr
“It should have been a great day for justice,” said Joanne Mariner in
Salon.com. Instead, last week’s arraignment of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the “self-proclaimed architect” of the 9/11 attacks, was a disquieting spectacle from start to finish. Appearing before a military tribunal at the U.S. base in Guant
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