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Douglas Johnson[_2_] Douglas Johnson[_2_] is offline
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Default Way OT and political, too

Tim Daneliuk wrote:

not have to be the same process as US citizens. Except for a few, we have
failed to provide them any judicial process.



Wrong, wrong, wrong, and more wrong. There have been formal military tribunals
in GTMO with counsel present to act exclusively in defense of the accused.
This is not something your arch-nemesis W invented. Military tribunals in
such circumstances have a long and studied history in the United States.
Again, a history book might be in order. Note that I'm not saying I love this
as a way to handle the problem, merely that it is lawful and has precedent.


You again presume ignorance on the people holding different views from you. You
weaken your arguments by such disrespect.

But first, the tribunals you discuss -- are they the ones that the Supreme Court
outlawed in 2006? Or the 11 planned or held military commissions since? We
still have 223 prisoners in limbo.

I've read far more than one history book. Tribunals, including the one that
convicted and hanged the Lincoln assassins lean towards expediency and away from
justice.

-- Doug