Thompson: Due process for bin Laden

Yahoo News/ The Associated Press ^ | 09/10/2007 | JIM DAVENPORT

[plain old dave]

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson said Monday that while Osama bin Laden needs to be caught and killed, the terrorist mastermind would get the due process of law.

[LibLieSlayer]

First of all, it is obvious that if binny is still alive (and the jury is still out on that), his guards will not let him be taken alive (if possible). If we do catch him, Due Process means a “secret prison” and water sports... then Gitmo.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

That is what you, I and the Bush Administration think, but the SCOTUS has ruled otherwise... quite incorrectly in my opinion.

LLS

[b9]

How much good could a good man do, if a good man would ban YOU !?

[LibLieSlayer]

How about a frying hot bacon oil enema?

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Fred knows well of the SCOTUS decision (he was a US Attorney) covering this... and he also knows that binny will never make it to our shores... and there is DUE PROCESS under the UCMJ. There are secret prisons in countries where UCMJ does not apply (we, acting only in an observer capacity). He gets Due Process under UCMJ when he arrives at Gitmo (Military Tribunal).

Fred would be advocating an illegal action if he were to say otherwise. We are a Nation of Laws... even when those Laws are wrong... and ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse under the Law. It really is that simple.

LLS

[Fred]

Just as Saddam had and the Nazis....

[codercpc]

I realize all of that, yet I admit when I read the story my first thought brought back Deans comments from 3 years ago, and the outrage here over his remarks. Plus, this is not the first time that the Thompson campaign has had to redefine his statements. Yet I still never heard of interrogation being part of "due process"

I absolutely do not think this is a campaign ending blunder, but I think Fred should think of a better way to phrase his answer for the next time it comes up. Even though UCMJ and civilian justice are two totally separate things, the phrase "due process" instantly makes me think of a trial by jury (like Dean talked about), so even though he didn't mean that, if I thought it I am sure others did too. And let's face it, people read headlines, not full articles, and without reading this full article it will be misinterpreted.

[longtermmemmory]

it is all a matter of the process that is due.

seriously.

There is a significant difference between what process is given to an enemy soldier in time of war vs a mere criminal.

The clintons consider islamic terorists a mere criminal issue.

[supercat]

It’s a legal argument. Thompson is the one who interjected the law into this debate, in true lawyer fashion. Bin Laden does not deserve due process of law.

Sure he does. Of course, many factors affect the level of process a person is due to receive. When we capture Bin Laden, I think we should undertake sufficient process to confirm that the guy we captured is actually the guy we're looking for and not some impostor or look-alike.

[LibLieSlayer]

He is a past US Attorney... he thinks like an attorney... he is a Federalist due to his education of the law... and you must dissect his remarks understanding this. If you read on in the statement, he clarifies his thinking on it... but you must read and absorb the entire statement... and not some other agenda parsing his words.

LLS

[longtermmemmory]

seems we have new registers who are either deaniacs, paulists, or guiliani viral advertisers.

[RJS1950]

You’re right about the definition of due process. It does not necessarily imply the due process granted to citizens under the constitution.

[Cacique]

Had we caught Hitler he would have gotten due process as well. It’s what differentiates us from our enemy.

[darkwing104]

It is better to humiliate the bum alive then to kill him off to make him a martyr. The intelligence value alone is priceless

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Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.

[GQuagmire]

troll activity is on the rise

[JRios1968]

[Little Ray]

Point against Fred.
Gotta disagree, emphatically. Osama bin Laden needs to be caught and killed. His wives need to found and killed. His children need to be found an killed. Their spouses and children need to be found and killed.
No trials. No mercy. No second chances.

[darkwing104]

Look for more today...I suspect the mods will be quite busy

[prairiebreeze]

Awww, you’ve been zotted.