Defense Department Jettisons Charges Against '20th Hijacker'

Law Blog — WSJ​.com : Defense Department Jettisons Charges Against ‘20th Hijacker’:

On the Gitmo front, the last sev­eral weeks have brought the Bush admin­is­tra­tion a series of legal defeats. First, Gitmo’s for­mer chief pros­e­cu­tor turned against the Pentagon, tes­ti­fy­ing that polit­i­cal inter­fer­ence had tainted the mil­i­tary com­mis­sions, set up to pros­e­cute detainees. Then a key legal adviser to the war crimes sys­tem was barred from hav­ing any fur­ther role in the case of Salim Hamdan. The lat­est: The Defense Department has thrown out all charges against Mohammed al-​​Qahtani, one of the “Gitmo Six” and the alleged “20th hijack­er” in the 9/​11 attacks.

I am pro­foundly dis­turbed by every­thing at “Gitmo.” We have a Constitution and a jus­tice sys­tem for a rea­son. Why don’t we use them and respect them? If we don’t, who will?