> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: John Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 03:08 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: RE: Secret Military Tribunals
> Many Europeans would probably not believe the American government, and > would like to see all the evidence made public so that they can be > convinced the accused received a fair trial (although what an American > calls a fair trial and say what a Frenchman calls a fair trial are two > different things.) How would that be two different things? Please explain the differences between what an American would call a fair trial and what say a Frenchman would call a fair trial. > >OK, so the government will have to make secret information public. So > >what? That is the price you pay for having a modern western society. > >OK, releasing that information may be dangerous for people involved in > >obtaining that information (such as intelligence operatives). So what? > >They knew the risks when they signed up for the job. > > While intelligence operatives do undoubtedly understand that they are > subject to mortal danger in the course of their duties, I'm quite > certain that not one of them signed up to have his/her cover blown by > revealing secrets in open court. When a person signs up for military service, s/he does not do that to fulfill a death wish. That person *can* be killed in action, though. It is an occupational hazard. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l Tom's Photo Gallery: http://www.tom.vanbaardwijk.com
