Politics: No Justice For You, One Year

The National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys has advised its members not to participate in the Guantanamo Bay terror tribunals because they are concerned about lending legitimacy to what may be "sham" trials, since lawyer client privilege, among other critical aspects of a "fair trial" will be compromised. Of course, it doesn't seem to be that big of a deal, right? They're just Muslims, right? Okay, when American citizens end up in these tribunals (and this is presumably the fate that awaits Yasser Esam Hamdi and Jose Padilla) let's see how our complacency serves us then.