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To: ohioWfan
2 reasons I am making these disclosures today :

1. Our questioning of these terrorists is basically complete and it is time to proceed to trials

2. The Supreme Court has made a decision which has painted us into a corner regarding Military Tribunals. The based this decision on a Geneva Convention Article which is vague and could be interpreted many different ways.

602 posted on 09/06/2006 11:19:33 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: commish
2. The Supreme Court has made a decision which has painted us into a corner regarding Military Tribunals. The based this decision on a Geneva Convention Article which is vague and could be interpreted many different ways.

That's not necessarily a bad thing. Intelligence value that comes from interrogation notwithstanding, there's immense PR value in bringing terrorists to justice. That has a positive influence in events all its own, and in an arena that we've not been particularly good at.

We need to publicly bring terrorists to justice. Not in a glitzy media circus, but in a solemn tribunal. I'm glad to see that we're finally putting these guys down Nuremburg style.

710 posted on 09/06/2006 11:31:53 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (- Islam will never survive being laughed at. -)
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