To have an impressive backdrop for the US Government’s daily spin on the Guantanamo Bay "legal" proceedings, a Pentagon engineering unit built and furnished a press briefing room inside the abandoned hangar that houses journalists covering the Hamdan trial.
The $55,000 news-conference room at Camp Justice – as the "legal" complex is known – has one serious problem: you can’t hear a thing when the giant air conditioner is turned on, and you can’t breathe when it isn’t, according to Carol Williams of the Los Angeles Times.
The roaring AC is turned off just seconds before the Pentagon public affairs officers approach the podium in front of the Stars and Stripes. In southern Cuba’s scorching summer temperatures, it’s a matter of minutes before brows start beading with sweat and journalists start tugging at their collars. The stifling heat has made the media opportunities uncharacteristically brief.
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