The history of a civil-liberty free zone

Guantanomo Bay will continue to be a tumor on the American conscience until it is either shut down or it's prisoners are granted due process.

Eventually, Americans will have to understand how we arrived at a point where it is possible to hold uncharged prisoners on the most fragile web of accusations.

In a lengthy article called, After Terror, a Secret Rewriting of Military Law, the New York Times begins this process.

This is a fascinating look at the sausage making that went into the creation of civil-liberty-free military tribunals.