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The judge also criticised the country's embattled president, Thabo Mbeki, for seeking to influence the prosecution of Mr Zuma, his rival.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 25 -- The Air Force is investigating a top official in the Guantanamo war crimes trials following complaints that he inappropriately sought to influence the prosecution of cases, military officials said Saturday.

Many black elected officials were angered by both the judge's ruling and the suggestion that Mr. Verniero's Supreme Court nomination may have influenced the prosecution.

The judge went on to say that accusations that President Thabo Mbeki and some of his ministers had unduly influenced the prosecution in the case against Mr Zuma were plausible.

His lawyers have accused Pentagon officials of improperly influencing the prosecution by directing that charges be filed for political reasons and, the lawyers said, demanding "sexy" cases to attract public attention.

It influenced the prosecution of the war; it gave confidence to opponents of the war in the Arab world; it led to a co-ordination of international protests to a degree not seen for many years; and it dramatically raised the consciousness of millions of people about the actions being carried out in their name.

Jurors called the government's case inadequate, and some were apparently convinced that political factors influenced the prosecution.

The defense lawyers for the detainee, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, once a driver for Osama bin Laden, said Colonel Davis's contentions amounted to unlawful influence over the prosecution.

One of the disadvantages is that America has little influence over the prosecution of terrorists abroad.American federal courts: So far, this is the only forum in which American authorities have chosen to prosecute al-Qaeda and other terrorists.

He added that the Department of Justice had revised its guidelines since the appeal court came to its opinion – and he hoped that would influence what the prosecution in the Sterling case did next.

Ruling on a defense lawyers' request that said General Hartmann had exerted unlawful influence over the prosecution, Judge Allred said that public concern about the fairness of the cases was "deeply disturbing" and that he could not find that the general "retains the required independence from the prosecution".