GOLD PLATED JUSTICE: Of the 400 prisoners the U.S. has been holding at
its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center for about five years, only
"about 75, give or take a few," are expected to actually go to trial,
says the chief prosecutor, Air Force Col. Morris Davis. Only 10 trials
have been scheduled so far. But to hold the trials, Davis needs a new
courthouse -- current facilities can't handle more than one trial at a
time. "We're fiscal conservatives by definition," says Cully Stimson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs. "We're not
building the Taj Mahal here." Indeed, most of the pre-trial legal work
is being done in the U.S., not in Cuba. Therefore the planned
"conservative" facility will only have three courtrooms. But the new
complex includes restaurants and housing for "at least" 800 people.
Expected cost: $125 million. (Los Angeles Times) ...Maybe we should
take another look at the "Taj Mahal" option.
its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center for about five years, only
"about 75, give or take a few," are expected to actually go to trial,
says the chief prosecutor, Air Force Col. Morris Davis. Only 10 trials
have been scheduled so far. But to hold the trials, Davis needs a new
courthouse -- current facilities can't handle more than one trial at a
time. "We're fiscal conservatives by definition," says Cully Stimson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs. "We're not
building the Taj Mahal here." Indeed, most of the pre-trial legal work
is being done in the U.S., not in Cuba. Therefore the planned
"conservative" facility will only have three courtrooms. But the new
complex includes restaurants and housing for "at least" 800 people.
Expected cost: $125 million. (Los Angeles Times) ...Maybe we should
take another look at the "Taj Mahal" option.