Jackie Whatsherface from NPR might as well have ripped her coverage from the AP wire, which is also teh suck:

With one word — “unlawful” — the only two war-crimes trials against Guantanamo detainees fell apart in a single day, marking a stunning setback to Washington’s attempts to try dozens of detainees in military court.

Now, to be fair to AP, Jackie did crank the vapidity knobs up to 11 by revising AP’s copy to read “Just one word.”

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Of course, the coverage also glides over the central questions:

1. The stenographers type “military court”, as if the Gitmo was somehow part of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but in fact but these so-called courts were set up by the MCA and have yet to be proved legitimate.

2. The stenographers type “try”, as if the intent of the administration were to try the defendants under some form of due process.

3. The stenographers type “war crimes.” WTF? These guys aren’t being tried for that; if they were, they’d be in a legitimate court like the Hague.

Of course, the beauty part is that Gonzo and the sleazy lawyers in Cheney’s bunker truly fucked up:

Prosecuting attorneys in both cases indicated they would appeal the dismissals. But the court designated to hear the appeals — known as the court of military commissions review — doesn’t even exist yet, said Marine Col. Dwight Sullivan, chief of military defense attorneys at Guantanamo Bay.

No court exists to hear an appeal… I love it.

Say, I’ve got an idea:

Why don’t we have The Decider just decide that they’re guilty? I mean, why are we bothering with this judicial charade when the unitary executive can do whatever it wants?