Comments on: A Broken Circus: Guantánamo Trials Convene For One Day Of Chaos

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By: Nell

Nell — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:12:36 +0000

Frances, that’s one of your most moving and insightful comments here. Thanks.

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By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:46:11 +0000

Thanks, Frances. “Trial by Ordeal” is good. As far as Guantanamo and the “War on Terror” goes, I always thought “Guilt by Torture” summed things up pretty well, but on the legal side of things, I’d say “Guilt by Attrition” might be better.

By: Frances Madeson

Frances Madeson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:36:48 +0000

I think we should just say that what we really intended as justice in Guantanamo all along was Trial by Ordeal. If you survive your seven years of isolation, torture, hunger strikes, spirit-quelling “legal” maneuvering designed to elevate and then devastate hope, if you survive all that, you must be…umm, I’m not sure…well, maybe just flip a coin…guilty, or…what was that other choice again?