On 17/07/2007, at 6:01 AM, Dan Minette wrote: >> >> When has an American Citizen been held as an enemy combatant and >> completely isolated? > > I'm not sure that exact thing has happened, but I know that in WWII > Americans citizens, captured in the US have been declared enemy > combatants > and executed. The Supreme Court decided at the time that > constitutional > protections did not apply to them.
...which was before the Geneva Conventions... > This is also the main precedent for > Bush's actions. ...who has unilaterally withdrawn from the Geneva Conventions, then? Come on, Dan, you're defending the indefensible here. Padilla should have been charged and tried, or released without charge years ago. As should the "detainees" of Guantanamo. Not just legally, but ethically and humanely. Charlie _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
