Gitmo tribunals: We are not concerned with international law." ... military personnel couldn't find evidenc, so the proceedings commenced without it

t r u t h o u t - GITMO Detainees Speak Out in Court Papers: "Records Give Voice to Guant�namo Detainees | By Pete Yost and Matt Kelley | The Associated Press | Saturday 09 April 2005

A terror suspect held at Guantánamo Bay asked his US military judge a pointed question: "Is it possible to see the evidence in order to refute it?" In another case, a judge blurted out: "I don't care about international law." ...
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"I have the right to speak," Abbasi said.

"No you don't," the tribunal president replied.

"I don't care about international law," the tribunal president told Abbasi just before he was taken from the room. "I don't want to hear the words 'international law' again. We are not concerned with international law."

The tribunal found Abbasi to have been "deeply involved" in al-Qaida, yet four months later the government released him, saying his home country of Great Britain would keep an eye on him.
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The tribunals also had access to classified evidence that the detainees were not allowed to see, a key reason a federal judge said in January that there were constitutional problems with the tribunals. An appeals court is considering that issue.

The tribunals in some cases rejected requests for witnesses or documents that detainees said would help prove their innocence.

Boudella Al Hajj requested a copy of a court document from Bosnia. The tribunal president ordered the document produced, but military personnel couldn't locate it, so the proceedings commenced without it.
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