----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:11 PM Subject: RE: We Will Not Be Afraid
> > I quoted the part that said it.... > > <quote> > Alien unlawful enemy combatants may be > tried for violations of the law of war and other offenses triable by > military commissions committed against the United States or its > co-belligerents before, on, or after September 11, 2001. > <end quote> > > That is the clause that sets up the procedures. It clearly refers > not to > just unlawful enemy combatants, but alien unlawful enemy combatants. > > The key is reading chapter 47 of the bill...where my quote comes > from. > Earlier it says: > > <quote> > (a) PURPOSE.-This chapter codifies and estab- > lishes procedures governing the use of military commis- > sions to try unlawful enemy combatants for violations of > the law of war and other offenses triable by military > commissions. > <end quote> > > So, the bill states specifically that it's chapter 47 that codifies > the > procedures for using military commissions to try unlawful enemy > combatants. > Later in the chapter it says "Alien unlawful enemy combatants may be > tried." > Nowhere does it say that citizens who are unlawful enemy combatants. > > I'm not sure if we are on the same page here. (Certainly, I posted the links I did for informative reasons and not as an example of my own beliefs. But I think you are missing the gist of the argument given.) What I am given to understand is not that US Citizens can be tried in a tribunal, but that they can be held indefinitely, a removal of habeas corpus rights westerners have enjoyed for many hundreds of years. This administration has done pretty much that with at least one citizen and a good number of aliens even to this day and I see that as the fear being expressed. As a side note Dan, I recommend listening to Sunday Monitor (I believe that is the name) on KPFT 90.1FM here locally Sunday evening at 6 PM. (Or alternately you can hear a podcast of the show at kpft.org or at http://themonitor.wordpress.com/ ) I listen after I take my son home and it really helps me to understand and keep a finger on the pulse of the far left. The show is not-quite-wingnut and pretty well spoken, and serves as a balance to the folks who keep identifying Mark Foley as a Democrat. OTOH, they make no attempt to be "Fair and balanced".<G> Last Sunday they had a good bit of coverage (outraged coverage at that) of this bill. xponent Broadness Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
