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2010-03-12 Home Front: WoT

CIA drone attacks produce America's own unlawful combatants

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Posted by Steve White 2010-03-12 10:48|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Who's "we", slick? You got a mouse in your pocket?

Posted by mojo 2010-03-12 11:02|| 2010-03-12 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Gary Solis, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Athanku athanku Gary for dat wonnerful old Georgetown tune. An nou our own Irish Tenor, Joe Feeney will sing us another old favorite. Take it away Joe!

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-12 11:07|| 2010-03-12 11:07|| Front Page Top

#3 A resume application for a job in Holder's DoJ?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-03-12 11:30|| 2010-03-12 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 While the guidance speaks in terms of non-state actors, there is no reason why the same is not true of civilian agents of state actors such as the United States.

I'm guessing they don't teach reading comprehension or logic in law school anymore. And let's not even get into citing the ICRC as a legal source.

Posted by SteveS 2010-03-12 13:00|| 2010-03-12 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 For goodness sake, the CIA is a spy agency. Spies have traditionally assassinated key enemy personnel, collected information through shady contacts and nefarious means, including blackmail and reading the mail of gentlemen(!!). Spies do this at the direct orders of their government, realizing that if caught they may be questioned and killed at the whim of their captors. It's covered by the Geneva Conventions, wherein death without trial is permitted.

Why is the little adjunct professor surprised by this?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-12 17:39|| 2010-03-12 17:39|| Front Page Top

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