Could you please explain Could you please explain why you redirected Military Commission to Military Justice Were you unaware that one of the huge controversies over the USA s use of military commissions to try the Guantanamo captives was that they were a new distinct system separate from its traditional military justice system The Military Commission system had no established rules of evidence no established precedents This is why rather than being the speedy system that was promised these cases have dragged on for almost a decade Legal critics predicted these problems back when Bush tried to create the new Military Commission system They pointed out that the USA already had two perfectly adequate justice systems its civilian justice system and its military justice system The military commission system they pointed out was a brand new third justice system One of David Hicks s lawyers described with disgust why he wasn t available to give Hicks his advice when Hicks s was presented with a plea bargain deal on the eve of his commission Hicks s lawyer who had flown all the way to Guantanamo from Australia described being told he could not participate any further in Hicks s defense unless he signed a draconian document that would have imposed heavy punishment upon him if he broke any of the commission s rules and procedures Fine he says please let me read those rules He then described his shock and outrage when he was told that he couldn t be given a copy of the commission s rules and procedures because they hadn t been written yet Did you make this redirect on your own sole judgment or was it made after discussion with others Frankly I think this redirection was a bad idea very misleading