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HIDEOUSLY TREASONOUS DESTROYER IN CHIEF.
But we already knew that.
Sigh.
So if the Chinese Army decided to invade .. We’d round em up and Mirandize them?
The rights proscribed by our Constitution are universal if inalienable. Should they not apply to citizens of the world who seek our harm?
We have a document that enshrines universal principals, but want to apply it to a specific piece of turf. Is it any wonder this is a mess?
It would not disappoint me in the least if the underwear bomber were dispatched to the depths of the sea without notice, but the rule of law is not about me.
The so-called rights of an individual terrorist should never be greater than those of the individuals he seeks to harm.
Let the CIA do their job with enhanced interrogation until the sponge is dry, hand them over to a military tribunal, and then execute them speedily upon a guilty verdict.
Let them die in vain for their cause.
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What Holder refuses to mention is that the legal structure for terrorists captured in the U.S was not in place at that time (the above mention were arrested in 2001).
Since that time, the legal structure has been developed for military tribunals and definition of such terrorists as enemy combatants (Military Commissions Act of 2006).
BTW, Obama was a vocal opponent of the Act and not only voted against it but offered an amendment to limit it to 5 years.