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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (11760)	9/8/2006 11:40:43 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I guess the mistake, then, is to call it a trial. Isn't it a sham to call it a trial if a defendant is denied access to the evidence against him or her? That sort of thing hearkens back to Soviet era trials. Do I hear echoes of Nazism, maybe a bit of Maoist jurisprudence. "The proposal would also allow the use of hearsay, or testimony relayed from witnesses who do not have to appear in court and be cross-examined." Hmmmm, interesting too how clame Brig. Gen. James C. Walker, staff judge advocate of the United State Marine Corps is uninformed.