Bob Herbert: Bush Administration Defines The Term 'tyranny'

Congress is dithering and the American public doesn't even seem particularly concerned as the administration of George W. Bush systematically trashes such fundamental American values as justice, due process, respect for human rights and submission to the rule of law. In the kangaroo courts that the administration concocted to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a defendant could be prevented from seeing the evidence against him, would not have the right to attend his own trial and would not have the right to appeal the sentence to a civilian court.

Source, and full article--well worth your time: the Bush Bulge story, about Bush being fed his lines via satellite receiver during the 2004 debates with John Kerry.
--TLC