That case concerned eight Germans who got into the United States from submarines in two groups of four. They had money, weapons, and plans to bomb various American facilities. All were captured and tried before a military tribunal. All objected to that trial. One, named Bruno Haupt, objected that he could not be tried that way, because he was an American citizen, born in Chicago.
The Court rejected all the arguments including Haupt (and one other who claimed but did not establish that he was also an American citizen). The reporters and editors at the Times cannot be so ignorant as to not know about the Quiren decision. Heck, I wrote that case up in a UPI article published almost a year ago, on 28 January, 2002, concerning the Gitmo prisoners (who are also referenced in this article).
The Times cannot plead mere ignorance. This has to be deliberate lying by not mentioning a critical case from 59 years ago, that leads to the same conclusion that this Court of Appeals decision. Just one more example of bias against President Bush by the Times.
The title of my article was "Analysis: The truth on 'Gitmo' prisoners," if anyone cares to look it up.
Congressman Billybob
Click for latest column on UPI, "Three Anti-Endorsements" (Not yet on UPI wire, or FR.)
As the politician formerly known as Al Gore has said, my book, "to Restore Trust in America"
They know about Quiren.. They just don't want their readers to know it, too.
To have acknowledged Quiren would have negated this precious little distortion...
The case, which set up a stark clash between the nation's security interests and its citizens' civil liberties, may have expanded the power of the presidency...