In custody six years, first charged three years ago, and only NOW will the "unlawful enemy combatant" question be addressed

this is shameful...

read the first sentence of this article and note your own gut response...

Witnesses are expected to take the stand Thursday for the first time since the U.S. government began trying to prosecute terrorism suspects at Guantánamo.

Prosecutors are expected to present about five witnesses to back their case that Salim Ahmed Hamdan — a former driver for Osama bin Laden — should be charged as an unlawful enemy combatant...

i don't know about you, but i immediately keyed in on the words "first time" and "trying..."

"This will be the first time you will hear about some of the evidence that the government has had and wanted to present," said Army Maj. Bobby Don Gifford, a spokesman for the military commissions.

On Wednesday, a military judge rejected a defense request to talk to the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two other so-called "high value" detainees to bolster their case that Hamdan was at best a minor al-Qaida figure.

again, "first time..." also illuminating are these choice of words - "has had" and "wanted to..."
so, let's put a bit of context around those words, shall we...?

Hamdan has been in custody nearly six years and was first charged more than three years ago.

puts a little bit different spin on those words, doesn't it...?

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