From Gitmo to Miranda, With Love

9/11 Families for America ^ | July 30, 2008 | Debra Burlingame

[Sergeant Tim]

Captive Miranda, Lord knows I have not given a thought to the paperwork you sent me. Let me tell you, Captive, that our release is not in the hands of the lawyers or the hands of America. Our release is in the hands of He who created us.

The poem, "To My Captive Lawyer, Miranda," was written by Abdullah Saleh Al-Ajmi while he was a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. No doubt, it would have given the former detainee, who was released in 2005, immense satisfaction to know that his last earthly deed was referenced in Justice Antonin Scalia's dissenting opinion in Boumediene v. Bush. That's the recent Supreme Court decision that gave Guantanamo detainees the constitutional right to challenge, in habeas corpus proceedings, whether they were properly classified by the military as enemy combatants.

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Unless Congress weighs in, judges — unaccountable to the body politic — will decide what standards of proof and rules of evidence will apply to these detainees, resulting in an ad hoc, case-by-case body of law which focuses on the rights of the detainees, not on the consequences for our war fighters who risk their lives to capture them. Since when do we leave it to judges to decide when and to what degree our troops are required to engage in police duties in the heat of battle?

Editor's note, 9/11 Families for America -- Published July 30, 2008, in the Wall Street Journal, and reprinted on our web site with additional supporting links and video.

[Sergeant Tim]

Ping!

[HonestConservative]

I sent the article to Steve M.

He probably had it already, but, he’s going to talk about it tomorrow on his show.

I didn’t hear this, but wouldn’t it be cool if he had Deb on his show tomorrow?

[AmericaUnite]

I heard her interviewed by Steve today. Great interview. I’m saving this article.