All I have to say that Jose Padilla is a US citizen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Padilla_%28alleged_terrorist%29#The_Legal_Battle_over_Habeas_Corpus
He may not be a nice guy, but on the other hand we'll never know, unless he someday gets a day in court. Dana >Note this: the entire section refers only to "aliens" not US citizens. > This does NOT make any reference to US citizens. > >And just so you get the "neutral" summary: > >SUMMARY AS OF: >9/22/2006--Introduced. > >Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Authorizes the: (1) President to >establish military commissions (commissions) to try alien unlawful >enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for >violations of the law of war and other triable offenses; (2) >commissions to impose upon any person found guilty any sentence >appropriate to the offense, including death or imprisonment for life; >and (3) Secretary of Defense to carry out such sentences. Prohibits a >combatant under trial from invoking the Geneva Conventions as a source >of rights. > >Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to codify and >establish procedures governing the use of commissions to try such >combatants for violations of triable offenses. Makes eligible to serve >on a commission any U.S. commissioned officer on active duty. Requires >to be detailed to each commission a military judge, trial and military >defense counsel, and reporters and interpreters. Requires at least >five members in each commission. > >Prescribes, with respect to each established commission, pre-trial and >trial procedures, including charges, rules of evidence, pleas, >opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence, and defenses. >Requires: (1) a two-thirds commission member vote for conviction; (2) >a three-fourths member vote for a sentence of life imprisonment or >confinement of more than ten years; and (3) a unanimous vote by at >least 12 members in a case in which the death penalty is sought. > >Prescribes post-trial procedures and reviews of commission actions, >including appeal by the United States, rehearings, and review by the >Court of Military Commission Review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the >District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court. > >Outlines offenses triable by commissions. > >Amends the federal criminal code to add certain actions to be >considered violations of the War Crimes Act. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217287 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
