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The plea deal that allows Australian David M. Hicks to leave the detention facility here with a nine-month sentence was negotiated between defense attorneys and the convening authority for military commissions without the knowledge of prosecutors, lawyers from both sides said.

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berkeley
April 1, 2007, 7:29 p.m.
if you want the gory details...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20...
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berkeley
April 2, 2007, 2:57 a.m.
one australian paper called the "trial" of hicks one that joe stalin would have been proud of.
the one year gag order was just gravy.
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hamy
April 2, 2007, 1:16 p.m.
What's with the gag order too? That stinks of cover up.