Australian citizen, David Hicks, has been in American custody at Guantánamo Bay (and elsewhere) for over five years, more or less abandoned by his government. For the past year he has been held in isolation and is suffering from both physical and mental ailments. He is due to be "tried" by a military tribunal shortly on charges of supporting terrorism.
It is possible that he may plead guilty to something just to get the hell out of well, hell. Should this occur we cannot allow the Bush apologists to hold this up as a shining example of the successes of the detention system and proof that they have indeed captured only evildoers.
If I were him I almost certainly do the same, assuming of course that I hadn't broken down entirely and that I wasn't non compos mentis.
It is possible that he may plead guilty to something just to get the hell out of well, hell. Should this occur we cannot allow the Bush apologists to hold this up as a shining example of the successes of the detention system and proof that they have indeed captured only evildoers.
If I were him I almost certainly do the same, assuming of course that I hadn't broken down entirely and that I wasn't non compos mentis.
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