Kangaroos on the loose

It looked like a kangaroo court before, but now Gitmo looks even more kangarooish, if that's possible. The prosecutors trying a Canadian detainee in the kangaroo court down there didn't like the fact that the judge kept pressing them for real evidence, so they got rid of the judge.

U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay who once acknowledged facing Pentagon criticism over one of his rulings was dismissed Thursday from the case of a Canadian detainee, a defense lawyer said.

Army Col. Peter Brownback had presided over the tribunal's proceedings against Toronto-born Omar Khadr since last year.

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Military prosecutors have been pressing Brownback to set a trial date, but he has repeatedly directed them first to satisfy defense requests for access to potential evidence. At a hearing earlier this month, he threatened to suspend the proceedings altogether unless the detention center provided records of Khadr's confinement.

I've done a lot of trial work, but I've never had the luxury of being able to fire the judge when I didn't like his rulings. It must be nice.