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2008-11-10 Terror Networks

Obama Planning U.S. Trials for Guantanamo Detainees

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-11-10 02:37|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Maybe they can sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom.

Posted by Pliny the Middle-aged 2008-11-10 03:01|| 2008-11-10 03:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama is expected to propose a new court system, appointing a committee to decide how such a ~~catch & release~~ court would operate.

Behold the ACLU Bar Mitzvah. They now have matured enough to run the military. There goes the interrogation of these virmin, and future "POW's as well." The "committee" will appoint defense council. Federal and State Pens will be ordered to construct Mosques, hire Islamic speaking guards, provide special chow, computers, etc.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-10 06:46|| 2008-11-10 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 "There would be concern about establishing a completely new system," said Rep. Adam Schiff of ~~Law & Order ~~California..."~~~~

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2008-11-10 06:48|| 2008-11-10 06:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Sorry, forgot to close the srike.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2008-11-10 06:49|| 2008-11-10 06:49|| Front Page Top

#5 And he wants Jamie Gorelick for Attorney General. This is going to go very bad very quickly.

Posted by Parabellum 2008-11-10 08:14|| 2008-11-10 08:14|| Front Page Top

#6 There is the double problem that the US still has these scum because no other country will take them, and now Obama gets the joy of having "brought dozens or hundreds of terrorists onto US soil." Talk about a lose-lose.

It's likely that many of them will be acquitted, so will have to be turned loose in the US. That will be hugely popular.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-11-10 08:28|| 2008-11-10 08:28|| Front Page Top

#7 So will they be given bail too?

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-11-10 08:35|| 2008-11-10 08:35|| Front Page Top

#8 They're not US citizens and they don't enjoy the protections of the Constitution.

Expect Justice Kennedy has repeatedly articulated otherwise. Which is why both SCOTUS and Congress need term limits.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-11-10 09:08|| 2008-11-10 09:08|| Front Page Top

#9 They're not US citizens and they don't enjoy the protections of the Constitution.

In fact not applying them the Geneva Convention (ie shooting them as unlawful combatants) bas only caused additional innocent deaths through the world.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-11-10 10:32|| 2008-11-10 10:32|| Front Page Top

#10 One of the many catastrophes these idiots will cause. Gorelick for any job other than the Club Fed prison laundry?

I get sicker about this every day. Quite the opposite of coming to terms with it.

While many, especially those in uniform, deserve much better, it is very difficult to avoid the conclusion that the American people, and the foreigners ignorantly and ungratefully hostile to us when we're responsible and serious, are likely to get exactly what they deserve.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-11-10 13:17|| 2008-11-10 13:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe they can set up special "no go zones" for these prisoners, where Sharia will prevail, and where guards will not be allowed to venture, like in British jails. And maybe let them have silk sheets and slave girls.

Posted by Some One Not The One 2008-11-10 14:56|| 2008-11-10 14:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Maybe Tribe and Obama can apply theories of quantum physics to the problem.

Posted by tipper 2008-11-10 15:11|| 2008-11-10 15:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Every single policy issue they will try to decide, it the exact opposite from what benefits America.

Having this bottom of the swamp crap filter through our justice system will ruin the justice system and radacalize the prisons (more).

It is a stupid idea. STUPID.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-11-10 15:43|| 2008-11-10 15:43|| Front Page Top

#14 much as the newer theories of quantum physics override Newtonian physics, constitutional law has moved beyond strict constructionism toward the view that the Constitution is a relativistic living document.

Hey Tribe, don't screw with Newtonian physics. They work just fine. And don't screw with the Constitution. "Relativistic Constitution?" Whoaa!

I can see this guy is bucking for the Supreme Court.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-10 16:15|| 2008-11-10 16:15|| Front Page Top

#15 They're not US citizens and they don't enjoy the protections of the Constitution.

Very true. I cannot argue with you about that but maybe if Bush had not screwed around for 7 years and actually did something wiht them in that time besides keep them locked up Obama would never have had a chance to do this.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-11-10 16:24|| 2008-11-10 16:24|| Front Page Top

#16 JFM has it exactly right. THEY ARE NOT PRISONERS OF WAR! They are illegal combatants. They can be shot in the field after a summary court martial.
Most of them will probably be acquitted, since much of the evidence against them is based on classified sources. Since the only lawyers who will defend them will be security risks without clearances, they cannot see the evidence. Therefore they will demand that the charges be dropped. After that, since no country wants these animals, the terrorists will probably be set free, with a monthly stipend or a cash award for all the "torture" they have undergone.
Feh! Shoot the bastards in the field next time.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2008-11-10 18:07|| 2008-11-10 18:07|| Front Page Top

#17 They are VICTIMS, under the brutal Bush adminstration, they've been denied basic human rights such as satellite TV and soft-serve ice cream. I'm sure Obama will correct this.

Posted by DMFD 2008-11-10 21:11|| 2008-11-10 21:11|| Front Page Top

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