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Boston bombing suspect charged, will not be treated as enemy combatant
Fox News ^ | April 22, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 04/22/2013 10:42:57 AM PDT by Envisioning

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Wake up America! He is an enemy combatant, there is no doubt. Jeeze......
1 posted on 04/22/2013 10:42:57 AM PDT by Envisioning
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To: Envisioning

In a felony court, or are they going to let him off with a traffic ticket?


2 posted on 04/22/2013 10:44:47 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Envisioning

Actually, I want an open court and open testimony; I doubt we’ll get this no matter what the venue.

But a good defense attorney could raise some interesting questions.

(Neither Sirhan nor Oswald nor Ray ever got open trials,
with cross-examinations and questions asked.)


3 posted on 04/22/2013 10:44:58 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Envisioning

no, this is what they did to macveigh. he’s a us citizen on us soil. if we lose our constitutional protections in this case, it will set a dangerous precedent. we can’t have justice by lynch mob.


4 posted on 04/22/2013 10:45:11 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Envisioning

Was Bush impeached when Jose Padilla was tried in a civilian court? If not, why the double standard?


6 posted on 04/22/2013 10:46:26 AM PDT by Kevin C
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To: Envisioning

No...He was bullied by his brother...

Americans made fun of his big nose...

The Internet was a bad influence on him...

All the racism in America drove him to strike out for justice...


7 posted on 04/22/2013 10:46:48 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Envisioning

Not the least bit surprised.

And now we’ll also soon learn about a new diagnosis of some kind ...along the lines of workplace violence:

Public Event violence
Street onlooker violence
Teen angst violence
Marathon explosion syndrome


8 posted on 04/22/2013 10:47:35 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: camle
You are right, I forgot he was/is being considered a citizen.

Mods can you edit the title?

9 posted on 04/22/2013 10:48:27 AM PDT by Envisioning (Call me a racist.............one more time.............)
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To: Envisioning

Yawn...

arrested by police = civilian trial
arrested by military = military tribunal


10 posted on 04/22/2013 10:49:09 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Envisioning

So speaks King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.


11 posted on 04/22/2013 10:49:32 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: camle
no, this is what they did to macveigh. he’s a us citizen on us soil. if we lose our constitutional protections in this case, it will set a dangerous precedent. we can’t have justice by lynch mob.

I cannot disagree with that. He's a US Citizen. Probably should not be but he is.

12 posted on 04/22/2013 10:49:50 AM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: Envisioning

Since there is no enemy
There is no enemy combatant.
The captured guy is therefore a criminal
QED

If there is no war
there are no warriors
only criminals murder

QED

The logic is unassailable if you accept there is no war


13 posted on 04/22/2013 10:50:09 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: Envisioning

He is a legal citizen.

It would have been interesting if his brother had survived. Then we might have had one in military court and one in federal court.


14 posted on 04/22/2013 10:50:33 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Envisioning
This is as it should be. He's an American (naturalized) and he did his crime in America. Ergo, civilian court.

I have a problem with Enemy Combatant Status for American citizens (e.g., being stripped of all rights), because any of us could be next.

15 posted on 04/22/2013 10:50:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: dragnet2

Poor kid. And if they try him in NY, he’ll probably be acquitted.


16 posted on 04/22/2013 10:50:46 AM PDT by FES0844
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I'm usually up for a good public hangin’, but as I understand it, the guy was a naturalized U.S. citizen. We can argue about the naturalization process and how this guy qualified, but the decision to treat him as a citizen appears appropriate.
17 posted on 04/22/2013 10:51:37 AM PDT by Obadiah (High speed, low drag.)
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To: tsowellfan

Can you at least disagree with his term “lynch mob”?


18 posted on 04/22/2013 10:51:44 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: Kevin C
Was Bush impeached when Jose Padilla was tried in a civilian court? If not, why the double standard?

Frustration, I believe. They know very well that even if the terrorist was not a citizen on the US, Zero would still make the same decision.

19 posted on 04/22/2013 10:51:46 AM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: CondorFlight

O.J. got an open court trial.

How informative was that? What kind of Justice was achieved?

The Administration will just use this trial the same way, for its own ends, and not for Justice or to uncover the real threat.


20 posted on 04/22/2013 10:52:03 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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