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The New York Times paged through the transcripts of detainee hearings in Guantanamo. There were a few proud to be enemy combatants. And there was the man named Muhibullah who denied he was the man with the same name who was a governor of Shibarghan province in Afghanistan. The prisoner suggested the court should contact the governor and ask him. Well, the court said, that is really your job. They said that to the detainee who can’t have an attorney, can’t collect evidence, can’t use the phone.

Then there is the Casio watches, model F-91W, to be exact. This is part of the evidence against more than one detainee because these have “been used in bombings linked to Al Qaeda.” Well, one detainee asked, why don’t you arrest the people who sell them? Like Amazon, for example, that has them for $12. I think I used to own one. According to Forbes, some guards at Guantanamo have them. Apparently some Moslems wear them because they have a compass that they can use to find the direction to Mecca.

Doubtless the detainees include some very bad people. But if they’re not wearing a Casio watch, I don’t know if our military will be able to find them.