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To: Looking for Diogenes
I would like to add that I'm not against military courts, in fact I think would be the best area to have one. The jurors are professionals that aren't going to be swayed like the ones at the OJ case, for example.
What I do have a problem with is if they are held in secret, which it sounds like they would like to do. That goes against what the US stands for: open and free justice for all.
28 posted on 11/18/2001 2:18:03 PM PST by lelio
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To: lelio
They need to be held in secret because you don't want to have to tell, in open court, Ahmed that Usef turned him in along with the next three guys you're planning to attack next week.

These courts are for foreign agents trying to kill American citizens. These "defendants" have no rights as Americans, they are not Americans, they are armed enemies of Americans.

If you care about your "rights" as an American citizen, you should support the military that is protecting your most basic ones: life and freedom.

36 posted on 11/18/2001 2:26:37 PM PST by D-fendr
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To: lelio
What I do have a problem with is if they are held in secret, which it sounds like they would like to do. That goes against what the US stands for: open and free justice for all.

Apparently for all citizens. The rest of the world? They are not covered by the Constitution.

103 posted on 11/18/2001 4:18:17 PM PST by Looking for Diogenes
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To: lelio
That goes against what the US stands for: open and free justice for all.

Like if I was a Pacific Islander of some description could I just apply for the above?

207 posted on 11/18/2001 6:53:19 PM PST by Stentor
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