[12B]

This needs to be modified. As I understand it this gives the government the right to apprehend, try, and dispose of people without ever telling anybody.

Sounds dangerous to me. What happens if someone like Hillary has this power?

[vannrox]

"...The … enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property, are familiar examples of belligerents who are generally deemed … to be offenders against the law of war subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals..."

Well said. But, does the destruction of the US Flag qualify as such? In other words, is the destruction of a US Flag evidence that someone is a belligerent? Interesting. I have to say...it could possibly be so..