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Posted on 05/05/2009 8:38:21 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Preventive detention will continue to have a place in the war on terror.
BY LINDSEY GRAHAM and JOHN MCCAIN
When President Barack Obama declassified and released legal memoranda from the Department of Justice, he opened the door to a drawn-out battle over the Bush administration's use of coercive interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists. We believe that any subsequent attempts to subject those who provided such legal advice to prosecutions are a mistake. They will have a chilling effect on the candor with which future government officials provide their best counsel.
The country must move on from debates about the past, because pressing questions about U.S. detention policy in the war on terror requires us to make difficult choices -- and to make them soon.
In January, the president announced via executive order that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay will close within a year. The announcement was easy -- but it left unanswered the hardest questions about detainee policy for the future.
How do we prosecute detainees suspected of committing war crimes now that military commissions have been suspended? How should we handle those detainees who cannot be tried, but who are too dangerous to release? Where will we house them? How should we deal with detainees who, if released, would return to the fight against us? How do we deal with the prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan where some detainees captured outside Afghanistan are being held?
There are no easy answers. As senators who have struggled with these issues for years, we believe some basic principles can help us find a common path forward.
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Lindsey ping!
Note to Military. In the future, take no prisoners. Kill them on the battlefield.
Send ‘em all to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
I mean, the place DOES have a sturdy fence.
Too little, too late, fellas.
How did Obama phrase it the other day; “The horses are already out of the barn”.
They’ll soon be living among us and collecting a monthly check...
How about the Kennedy compound?
McCain is worthless - I plan to help Chris Simcox unseat John McCain here in Arizona next year - take out all the losers from Congress!
Candidate McCain stated that he would close GITMO on Day 1 of his presidency and move the detainees to Leavenworth.
Apparently, McCain has forgotten that.
Now that Obama has the decision, McCain and his appendage discover a whole laundry list of things they think have to be considered before GITMO can be closed.
oh yeah, I’m with ya on that!
“There are no easy answers.”
Hang them.
Knowing these two clowns...they will give the GITMO terrorists amnesty
I hope these two traitors days in their current offices are numbered.
I am in your corner on that subject. He has milked his POW status far too long.
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