Afghan Prisoners Given New Rights to Challenge Detention

Foxnews.com ^ | September 13, 2009 | AP

[GiovannaNicoletta]

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday.

Prisoners at the Bagram military base are all to be given a U.S. military official to serve as their personal representative and a chance to go before new so-called Detainee Review Boards, to have their cases considered, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to be able to discuss a program that has not been formally announced.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Hopefully the next attack will happen before 2012 so the person who spent his "presidency" destroying all of our security mechanisms will get credit for the results of his handiwork.

[17th Miss Regt]

...will be given the right to challenge their detentions,...

That which government gives can be taken away by the same government. This is something most Americans do not understand.

[4woodenboats]

The military is finally upping the manpower in the land of poppy.

We're sending our lawyers to defend the enemy.

[Lancey Howard]

Hopefully the next attack will happen before 2012

Works for me, and hopefull it hits a few Democrat parasite nests ("cities").

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[jazusamo]

Sickening! Zer0 as CiC is worse than we imagined if that’s possible.

[bigheadfred]

We're sending our lawyers to defend the enemy.

How many are we sending? Do we have to bring them back? :-)

All we need to do is send the Idaho Parole Commission over to review the cases. Nobody would get out. It wouldn't matter the number or competency of the lawyers.

With the new ROE and this it is pointless to even try to take prisoners.

There was a report on last night that we are fighting the Taliban and not Alkiduh so what is the point of sticking around? The Taliban just want the country back. Let them have it. And if they want to join Alkiduh in international terrorism after we are gone then all we have to do is really let them have it. It is completely acceptable to kill thousands with bombs. Even the lawyers know that. :-)

[Girlene]

Allrighty.....and they hope to gain WHAT from this program?

[Lancey Howard]

Allrighty.....and they hope to gain WHAT from this program?

To "win the hearts and minds" of stone-age primitive tribes and protect the world's heroin supply.
I guess.

[CT]

4 Marines died last week waiting for air support. This is directly related to Obama's new strategy and ROE. And if you don't think he's not trying to destroy this country and it's economy, please just think about our Troops that must suffer under this bas**rd.