View source for 2008-02-21 The Great GuantÃ¡namo Puppet Theater

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<let name=data index=Date>2008-02-21</let>
<let name=data index=Source>Harper's Magazine</let>
<let name=data index=Author>Scott Horton</let>
<let name=data index=Topics>\Guantanamo Bay detainment camp\whistleblowers\military commission system\9-11\mainstream media</let>
<let name=data index=URL>http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002460</let>
<let name=data index=Title>The Great Guant&aacute;namo Puppet Theater</let>
<let name=data index=TextShort>&ldquo;Specific accusations concerning the roles played by each of the six in the tragedy of [[9/11]] were all over the [[mainstream media|media]]. For the most part, the media has only lightly embroidered the Pentagon's script.&rdquo;</let>
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<p>Last week the [[US Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] launched a major media offensive. It announced that trials of six "high-value detainees" linked to the [[2001-09-11 attacks|attacks on 9/11]] would be charged in proceedings before the Guant&aacute;namo military commissions this spring. Specific accusations concerning the roles played by each of the six in the tragedy of 9/11 were all over the [[mainstream media|media]]. For the most part, the media has only lightly embroidered the Pentagon's script.</p>
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Also mentions Col. [[Morris Davis]].</let>
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