Posted on 04/20/2013 12:55:08 PM PDT by yoe
Several Republican lawmakers are calling for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings to be tried as an enemy combatant, rather than as an ordinary criminal.
It is clear the events we have seen over the past few days in Boston were an attempt to kill American citizens and terrorize a major American city, read a Saturday statement from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.). The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans. The suspect, based upon his actions, clearly is a good candidate for enemy combatant status. We do not want this suspect to remain silent.
Their statement came after Dzhokar Tsarnaev was taken into custody and sent to the hospital Friday night.
[snip] America is part of the battleground, he said. If you capture someone on the battleground, they should not be given the privilege of a civilian trial where they are given different rights...
[snip] We continue to face threats from radical Islamists in small cells and large groups throughout the world, they said. They have, as their primary focus, killing as many Americans as possible, preferably within the United States. We must never lose sight of this fact and act appropriately within our laws and values.
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“There are no grounds...”
Sure there are grounds. What is the point of the oath he just swore last year if he cannot be held accountable to it? He got citizenship under false pretenses, that would be my “grounds” for stripping him of it, and its cloak of protections.
I would agree with you if he was natural born and swore no oath, but that is not the case.
I s there anyway that his citizenship canbe revoked. Obviously, he lied when taking his oath for citizenship.
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This is illegal. He committed no federal crime (constitution doesn’t allow for it unless he’s being charged with Treason).
That won’t stop them from following the law though which is a shame.
One day they’ll come for us.
Agree...too bad there isn't a probationary period for new citizens.
His would certainly be revoked and then....let er rip!
“This was probably why the FBI was so quick to read him Miranda Rights last night already;”
Not saying you’re wrong, but from what I’ve read, they did not mirandize the perp
You can’t strip someone retroactively. He was a citizen when he committed the crime. He may lose the citizenship if convicted but that’s irrelevant.
Empire - we are thinking the same thing.
I don't know, he did use what could be deemed a WMD against American Citizens, that is definitely a federal issue.
Something to consider....
He already proved his own guilt. Now lawyers will come in to unscramble it as to try to prove not guilty and they will fail and at a cost to you and you keeping him warm, fuzzy, mat and all. Get caught up - there is more than a 30 sec video.
I take a strict view on this... unless it’s treason...
They will however use some federal law passed by a previous corrupt congress which is wrong and hypocritical for liberals because now they can seek the death penalty in a state that has banned it and is against it
If there’s more than the 30 sec video it ought to be presented in court.
While I approve of the sentiment, this is Grahamnesty and McQueeg we’re talking about. This is damage mitigation for their “Gang of Ocho” plan of amnesty of illegal aliens, nothing more.
Do we want Marsha Coakley running the prosecution here? He’ll be back at UMass- Dartmouth within two years if she’s running the show.
But I have to ask, what if an enemy army secretly invades America (which is exactly what's happening), stopping by the INS to pick up their citizenship papers on the way to the battlefield? Do we have to Mirandize them, too? Without asking the smirky profs, I'm pretty sure I know what their answer would be.
“What does Graham want to do torture him until he co-operates?
Works for me. Introduce the non American bastard to the waterboard at Gitmo
BINGO!
I recognize that. Not far from you, is it?
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