>> well, omar khadr came to court today in a suit and tie. that's very different from the prison garb he normally wears in court. he was very attentive, he was listening to the witnesses, he was looking at the jury members. and the widow of delta force soldier christopher spear was in court for the first time today. it was the first time she was able to see omar khadr and the first time he was able to see her. >> warner: and what greater legal protections does he have under these new ground rules that the obama administration designed? >> well, the ground rules were changed so that statements that were made under cruel, inhumane, and degrading conditions would not be admited into court. under the bush administration, those could be admitted as evidence and as long as the statements were not obtained under torture. that was a significant change. however, as i mentioned, those statements are going to be admited into court as the judge didn't find those conditions applied here. >> warner: now, you mentioned the issue of his age. has that been li

omar khadr was just 15 when he was detained. he has spent a third of his life in guantanamo. he appeared in court in a suit and tie to watch the jury being selected. the pictures show an added tension. his lawyers say he is a victim, not a war criminal. other detainees in guantanamo await trial or return home. their continued detention is a clear reminder of a broken presidential promise. president obama said he would shut down the camp within a year of taking office and transfer all detainees to prisons in the united states. but the u.s. congress blocked its plan, and the detainees at remain on the base. >> his hands, to a certain extent, have been tied by the republicans and some conservative democrats. congress also has had a variety of crises. not least of these the economy. it is disappointing to many people. there are extenuating circumstances. >> president obama has failed to shut guantanamo. the military is now putting on trial a man accused of committing crimes while he was a child. you would think that these two facts which caused huge problems for the president. no

youngest detainees at guantanamo bay prison is underway in cuba twenty three year old canadian born omar khadr it was fifteen when he was captured on the battlefield in afghanistan he's accused of throwing a grenade which killed an american soldier in two thousand and two during a pretrial hearing on monday he pleaded not guilty to all charges including murder conspiracy spying and assisting al-qaeda he claims he was tortured while detained at the u.s. military base in afghanistan before being moved to guantanamo the alleged violations of human rights have been discussed by the united nations if convicted he faces a maximum life sentence. but joining me now from washington d.c. to discuss this case is devon chafey from the advocacy group human rights first thanks very much indeed for joining us here now. claim there's no chance he'll get a fair trial what do you think. well certainly military commissions are fraught with problems they have been since they were first conceived of in two thousand and one we are now on approximately the third version of the military commissions and they clearly f