A hundred canvas tents pitched on a weed-choked airfield to house an army of lawyers and journalists stand mostly empty, even as air conditioning blasts through them to keep iguanas and large rodents at bay.一百帆布帳篷投了雜草哽咽機場安置的軍隊律師和新聞記者的立場是空的，甚至爆炸空調通過他們保持鬣蜥和大型囓齒動物拒之門外。

Only three reporters showed up this week for the trial of Osama bin Laden’s alleged communications specialist, in contrast to the dozens at earlier hearings.只有三個記者表明了這個星期的審判烏薩馬本拉丹的指控通信專家，相比之下，早先的幾十聽證會。

With the clock running out on the Bush administration, so too is it ticking for America’s six-year attempt to try what it called “the worst of the worst” for crimes of war.隨著時間一分一秒對布什政府，所以它也是滴答美國的6年的嘗試嘗試所謂“最壞的”最差的戰爭罪行。

“It is getting quiet here,” lamented Kiplin Rall, a Jamaican managing a small convenience store in a rusting hangar at Camp Justice. “這是在這裡得到平靜， ”遺憾Kiplin Rall ，牙買加管理一個小便利店在一個鏽跡斑斑的營棚司法。

Barack Obama and John McCain have both pledged, if elected, to close the offshore prison at Guantanamo Bay.奧巴馬和麥凱恩都承諾，如果當選，關閉海外監獄在關塔那摩灣。 Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan urged whoever wins to make good on that promise in his first 100 days in office.大赦國際秘書長艾琳汗敦促誰勝兌現這一承諾在他的頭100天的辦公室。

The current trial, which charges Ali Hamza al-Bahlul with being bin Laden’s media specialist, is only the second held since then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld outlined the initial rules in March 2002.目前的審判，指控哈姆扎阿里基地，與正在Bahlul拉登的媒體專家，僅是第二次舉行了自那時以來，美國國防部長拉姆斯菲爾德闡述了初步的規則在2002年3月。

Only one more is scheduled before Bush’s term ends on Jan. 20: a relatively minor case that charges an Afghan with wounding two US soldiers and their interpreter when he was 16 or 17 in 2002.只有一個更是在布什的任期將於今年1月20日：一個相對較小的情況下，收費阿富汗傷人兩名美軍士兵和他們的翻譯時，他是16或17在2002年。 A judge threw out his confession this week because it was obtained through torture.一名法官駁回了他的供詞這個星期，因為它是通過酷刑。

In all, 255 men are being held at Guantanamo, the great majority without charges.在所有255名男子被關押在關塔那摩的，絕大多數沒有受到指控。 Army Col. Lawrence Morris, Guantanamo’s chief prosecutor, said two dozen cases are at various stages, with another dozen or so moving toward charges.陸軍上校勞倫斯莫里斯，關塔那摩首席檢察官說， 24個案件處於不同階段，另外還有十幾走向收費。

But Morris’ predecessor, retired Air Force Col. Morris Davis, said those cases will likely never be brought forward as war-crimes trials, known as military commissions, at Guantanamo Bay.但是，莫里斯的前任，退休空軍上校莫里斯戴維斯說，這些案件將可能永遠不會提出的戰爭罪行的審判，被稱為軍事委員會在關塔那摩灣。 He said trials could conceivably be held elsewhere, but the system would need to be fundamentally changed for that to happen.他說，可以想像的審判定於其他地方，但該系統將需要從根本上改變要做到這一點。

“Whoever wins next week should ask the Bush administration to suspend the military commissions since the winner inherits all the mess that piles up from now until Inauguration Day,” said Davis, who quit last year complaining of political interference. “無論誰勝下週應該要求布什政府停止軍事委員會的贏家，因為繼承了所有的混亂是樁了從現在到就職日， ”戴維斯說，誰退出抱怨去年的政治干擾。

The Pentagon declined to comment on the future of the trials.五角大樓拒絕對此發表評論未來的審判。 A spokesman, Navy Cmdr.發言人，海軍少校。 Jeffrey Gordon, instead referred to a statement he made last summer, when he said the United States is trying to decrease Guantanamo’s prison population and doesn’t want to be the world’s jailer.杰弗里戈登，而不是提到了講話去年夏天，當他說，美國正試圖減少關塔那摩的監獄人口，不希望成為世界的獄卒。

The heyday for journalists seems to be history.在鼎盛時期的記者似乎成為歷史。 Only months ago, the military periodically flew dozens of print reporters, TV crews, pool photographers and sketch artists to Guantanamo Bay from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington.僅幾個月前，軍事定期飛到幾十打印記者，電視台的工作人員，集中攝影師和藝術家素描關塔那摩灣的安德魯斯空軍基地在華盛頓附近。

Once they landed in the arid heat, they were met by soldiers who shepherded them in buses and a boat across the bay to a press room to watch court proceedings on a big-screen TV.一旦他們降落在乾旱高溫，他們會見了誰的士兵引導他們在巴士和船灣各地的記者室觀看法院訴訟程序的大屏幕電視。 Military public affairs officers stood by to answer questions.軍事公共事務官員站在回答問題。

At night, the journalists were ferried back across the bay to their Combined Bachelor Quarters, where they shared drinks and conversation before bed.夜晚，在記者被運送回整個海灣的結合單身宿舍，在那裡他們共同的飲料和談話之前睡覺。

These days, the military press liaisons outnumber the journalists.這些天來，軍事新聞聯絡員的記者人數。 Only reporters from AP, Reuters and the Miami Herald were present for this week’s trial.只有記者從美聯社，路透社和邁阿密先驅報人出席本星期的審判。

The reporters don’t stay across the bay during the hearings anymore.記者不留在海灣的聽證會期間了。 Now, they sleep in tents erected on a cracked, abandoned airstrip near the two courthouses.現在，他們睡在帳篷裡豎立了裂痕，被遺棄的簡易機場附近的兩個法院。 Camp Justice has roughly 100 tents, each with six beds.司法部營約100頂帳篷，每6個床位。

Overhead, turkey vultures soar on thermal updrafts, as if waiting for the whole affair to roll over, legs up.架空，土耳其禿鷹飆升熱updrafts ，彷彿等待整個事件減少了，腿了。

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