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To: jwalsh07
I believe, as written, it is a gross overstepping of power by the executive branch.

Military tribunals can have their place (though I think they should be reserved for enemy military personnel.) No matter how you slice it though, this order is rotten. It would be rotten under (either) Clinton, George Bush, or George Washington, for that matter.

The model under which the original WTC bombers were prosecuted and convicted, with little media exposure regarding the specificity of the evidence, seemed to work fine.

90 posted on 11/20/2001 2:03:56 PM PST by dead
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To: dead
Military tribunals can have their place (though I think they should be reserved for enemy military personnel.)

When the enemy is trying to kill you, they are military personnel. When that enemy is out of uniform they are known as saboteurs and spies.

Now would you care to address at least one of the points or questions I posed in #79?

Here's another question, do you support the killing of the Taliban and Al Quaeda currently taking place in Afghanistan?

98 posted on 11/20/2001 2:19:02 PM PST by jwalsh07
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