Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal’s deeply, archly
\nconservative editorial page — he’s known in the trade as Paul Giggly, or in some quarters as
\nPaulie Giggles aka Paul Gidget — is probably gnashing his teeth over a
\nreporting staff that keeps turning out uncomfortable stories that run counter
\nto the editorials.<\/P>
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\nJournal<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>, the five U.S. military lawyers designated to represent the
\nGuantanamo detainees in the first U.S. military tribunals since World War II “have launched a
\nsurprisingly vigorous assault on the system that hired them.”<\/P>
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\nCorps — JAGs as the military lawyers are called — “have attacked the tribunals [authorized by the
\nBush administration] as inherently unfair, contrary to international law and susceptible to political
\ninfluence,” Jess Bravin reports in a front-page article.<\/P>
\nUltimately, the JAGs are expected to challenge virtually every aspect of the
\nadministration’s policies on Guantanamo detainees, from the denial of protections of the Geneva
\nConventions to the interrogation methods used in extracting statements. As the first trials draw
\nnear, the JAGs’ approach could force the administration either to answer in open court or risk
\nundercutting its longstanding promise that the tribunals will be “full and fair.”<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\nStreet Journal’s articles online, especially not its top stories. But you can read this one by
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