Evidence Mess Threatens Gitmo Cases: Ex-Prosecutor

The handling of evidence in Guantanamo Bay cases is so chaotic it may be impossible to properly convict a single prisoner, charges a former military prosecutor. Former Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld is supporting a federal court petition to free one detainee, Mohammed Jawad, who has been held without trial for six years, reports the Washington Post.

Vandeveld, now a senior deputy attorney general in Pennsylvania, says all prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees are plagued by a "complete lack" of organization.  "It was like a stash of documents found in a village in a raid was just put on a plane to the US" without even "rudimentary organization by date or name," he complained.