Are Guantanamo courts necessary to preserve classified information?
• Trying detainees in US courts would compromise sources Beyond Guantanamo. Chicago Tribune. January 22, 2009 – “[Many] suspects [at Guantanamo] may be impossible to convict [in federal courts] because putting forth the evidence against them would compromise intelligence sources.” • US trials of detainees exposes intelligence, weakens security “EDITORIAL: Obama and Gitmo”. Washington Times. November 12, 2008 – “Mr. Obama suggests that trying the terrorists in open court did not damage U.S. security. He neglects to mention what took place during the prosecution of the sheik. […] During the trial, prosecutors turned over a list of 200 unindicted conspirators to the defense – as the civilian criminal justice system required them to do. Within 10 days, the list made its way to downtown Khartoum, and Osama bin Laden knew that the U.S. government was on his trail. By giving this information to the defense in that terrorism case, the U.S.
