Posted on 03/06/2010 7:34:53 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Edited on 03/06/2010 7:45:54 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Why is the national security community treating the "Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010," introduced by Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration's choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt? A close reading of the bill suggests it would allow the U.S. military to detain U.S. citizens without trial indefinitely in the U.S. based on suspected activity. Read the bill here.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Perhaps. Let me know how much success you have here.
I’ve watched this one, I think, at her pay grade, nothing you can say will be more persuasive than the bonus she would forfeit if she conceded your point.
Yep! This is the kernel thought in the whole thing.
Interrogator: "Are you a member of SEIU, ACORN, KOS, or the DNC?"
Answer: "No"
El Presidente: "Make this terrorist scum disappear!"
Which is why conservatives and libertarians should have been in the streets protesting then. Once the government has the power, anyone in charge can use it.
We now have the situation where the government can call you a terrorist and deny you your rights.
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” ~ George Washington
American citizens to be “protected” under the laws of the Geneva convention, foreign combatants out of uniform given full Constitutional protections now.......something JUST doesn’t seem kosher to me. col
That's why I post exactly what I think right on Free Republic. They won't find anything half as interesting by reading my e-mail or listening in on my telephone. They can't waterboard me, they can't put a caterpillar on me and if they don't give me the kind of donuts and coffee I like I will file complaints of mistreatment with every human rights org on the planet.
This whole thing is a pretense, a false face of strength put on our intelligence community. The fact is our national security infra-structure has been emasculated by Progressive Dems and Progressive RINOs.
Do you think their hit squads will have to follow the same overstrict RoE’s our soldiers have to follow?
Do you think their hit squads will have to follow the same overstrict RoE’s our soldiers have to follow?
Have they before?
I guess not.
Sarah lost my support when she announced that she would be helping this POS get reelected. This bill is even worse than that other abomination, McCain-Feingold. I have no respect for Palin as long as she puts her loyalty to McCain ahead of her loyalty to the people of the United States.
I’m not worried about that. If they injure me I will get excellent medical care, as a “belligerent,” without paying a dime out of my pocket. If they kill me I won’t be concerned with unlawful incarceration or their “no-stress” interrogation techniques. ;-)
All we have are introductory remarks, not the text of the legislation. But, assuming the introductory remarks are a fair presentation, the proposal has the constitutional infirmity of legislating executive discretion.
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