Guantanamo Six trial run on ‘justice’ grounds

The US government has denied speculation that the trial of six suspected al-Qaeda terrorists by a military tribunal is a sham, despite calling for firing squad volunteers and the building a state-of-the-art Texan style execution centre right next door to the court house.

Speaking from the White House, deputy president Dick Cheney defended the tactics of the military style court: ‘The reason we are not providing the defence with any opportunity to see the evidence we have amassed against their clients is that we cannot take the chance that these men might be found innocent. Justice must be done regardless of the consequences.’
 
After Mr Cheney was led away, a senior aide confided: ‘President Bush feels that the most effective way to protect the free world is to ensure no one has any rights whatsoever. Mr Bush is of the opinion that these guys (the terror suspects) tried to buck the system and failed, well for George W the buck stops here, whatever that means.’