Fort Dix Terror Suspects Denied Bail

The five men who were arrested for plotting terror attacks at Fort Dix in New Jersey (about thirty miles up the road from where I sit) were denied bail by a judge after complaining that they didn't have reasonable access to the evidence against them:

A federal judge refused yesterday to release on bail the five men accused of plotting an armed attack on Fort Dix.

The defendants, who have been held in a restrictive unit of the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia since their arrests in May, had argued they were unable to prepare for trial under the conditions there.

But U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. Kugler said they had "been afforded an adequate opportunity" to prepare, and ruled their Sixth Amendment rights to a fair trial had not been violated.

The defendants and their attorneys have been complaining for months about the conditions in the Special Housing Unit - particularly their lack of access to evidence in the case.

In December, jail officials said they would begin allowing the defendants to review evidence eight hours a day, Monday through Friday.

Defense attorneys said yesterday the jail's plan was "too little, too late."

Well boo friggin' hoo, my heart pumps large amounts of piss for your clients, counselor. Perhaps if they hadn't been caught on tape planning to murder troops at Fort Dix, they wouldn't be in the predicament they're currently in. Remember this the next time some idiotarian screams about rights being lost. These five men have have every opportunity to present their case in accordance with the Sixth Amendment and the judge was wise to deny them bail.