A blow against Guantanamo
A bit of good news in the "global war on terror"
If you have evidence against them, charge them in either a criminal court or a court martial, so that the defendants can know and challenge the evidence against them and defend themselves properly.
How can Bush and co. be afraid of that, if these really are "cold blooded killers"? Because the evidence against most of them is flimsy to non-existent, and much of what there is was "confessed" under duress -- we won't say the 't' word.
Maybe now they will close Guantanamo. It is a stain on the honour of America. It's a shameful thing that it took the US Supreme Court to force the issue, but at least it shows the system works, eventually.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Bush administration does not have the authority to try terrorism suspects by military tribunal.Good news, that is, for democracy, the rule of law, due process, human rights, and all those sorts of things we've come to expect from free societies. All of those things the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan believe they're fighting for.
If you have evidence against them, charge them in either a criminal court or a court martial, so that the defendants can know and challenge the evidence against them and defend themselves properly.
How can Bush and co. be afraid of that, if these really are "cold blooded killers"? Because the evidence against most of them is flimsy to non-existent, and much of what there is was "confessed" under duress -- we won't say the 't' word.
Maybe now they will close Guantanamo. It is a stain on the honour of America. It's a shameful thing that it took the US Supreme Court to force the issue, but at least it shows the system works, eventually.
posted by Andy at 8:27 PM
1 Comments:
unfortunately, i hear this will leave a lot of people who previously were represented by military lawyers in limbo for another few years while they sort their status out. particularly those who cannot (will not) be returned to their country of origin because they can't be tried for any crimes under the national's penal code (e.g. australia - those poor sods are stuck until the u.s. figures out what to do, becuase they can't be charged with any crimes in OZ, therefore they can't be extradited...)
but - it's a step.
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