At 08:28 AM 1/13/02 -0800 Doug wrote:
>I've thought about it a bit and read about it a bit and I don't
>think that anything I've heard about constitutes human rights abuses
>but I've got a serious problem with John's post below.
>
>Do we or don't we believe in the principal of innocent until proven
>guilty? It's not the kind of thing we can apply selectively, is it?
> John, and apparently many others have, by making statements like
>these, pronounced all of these detainees guilty without even the
>benefit of their military tribunal.
I can find nothing in my statements that presumes them guilty without a trial.
I do believe, however, that US officials would be very foolish, however, to
treat these prisoners as anything other than potential suicide bombers
during the lead-up to trial. That's my point, and I'm sticking by it.
JDG
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civilization and those who would destroy it." -Amb. Richard N. Haass
