[epluribus_2]

We hung the rosenbergs for giving the enemy weapon plans during the undeclared "cold" war. And in WW2 any american born sympathizers worked on an attack plan with Nazi counterparts would have been shot.

[Kryptonite]

Right again. I am stunned by the impracticality of this decision.

[freeeee]

We hung the rosenbergs for giving the enemy weapon plans during the undeclared "cold" war.

The Rosenburgs had a trial.

That's all I'm asking. I don't want him released, just charged. From the reaction of some here, you'd think he got off scot free and was given the key to the city.

A trial is merely a check and balance to ensure that the bad guys really are the people the government says they are. Otherwise government could go around pointing their fingers at anyone they don't like and call them a terrorist or a criminal. That's an absolute power that has no place in a free country. If he is what they say he is, they should have no trouble proving so.

[lugsoul]

We charged the Rosenbergs, and tried them. Why doesn't Padilla deserve the same consideration?

[ellery]

We hung the rosenbergs for giving the enemy weapon plans during the undeclared "cold" war. And in WW2 any american born sympathizers worked on an attack plan with Nazi counterparts would have been shot.

But what was the process for confirming that the Rosenbergs gave our enemies plans? What would the process have been for proving that sympathizers worked with the Nazis? The question here is not what we should do with him once he's convicted of a crime, but rather what process passes Constitutional muster for determining his guilt.