qualified counsel and be allowed to present a defense. ... The suggestion that these commissions will afford only sham justice like that dispensed in dictatorial nations is an insult to our military justice system" (Gonzales). Also the military commission trials will not be secret. The order "authorizes the secretary of defense to close proceedings to protect classified information" (Gonzales). The trials will be as open as possible depending on the needs of national security. This is to prevent "compromising classified intelligence sources" (Dean2, 4). "Many cases have never been prosecuted against criminals because to do so would force disclosure of a valued intelligence source" this argument is used stating that in military tribunals such information could be used to convict or even exonerate suspects (Dean2, 4). Proponents do admit that terrorists or those accused of abiding and aiding terrorism "like others – will not enjoy the same civil liberties du
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