well, that's someone trying to surrender on a field of battle. Slightly different problem. In my opinion that's where a military hearing might do some good -- some peoplot involved in the capture talk to him and if he protests that he is a taxi driver, they enquire right then and there. This has the advantage of translators and witnesses being available.
It doesn't solve the problem of the incovenient neighbor someone commits perjury about -- as they say there are some of these too -- but it would be a start. Perhaps they already do this and I don't realizr this, but it doesn't sound like it. For the people who were kidnapped and sold to the Americans, if these people exist, then I think that the society that is detaining them should provide the hearings.The devil however is in the details. Being able to hear the evidence against you is always nice for instance. >Again, dude, the problem is what's passing for "a battlefield" these >days. That's a euphemism for "their home town". > >Let's say a sniper takes a shot at US forces who then surround a >building. A cook from the cafeteria happens to be ending his shift >and is late for dinner so he runs out of the building into the hands >of US forces. They send him to GitMo as an enemy combatant captured >on the field of battle. > >What do you think his family who hasn't seen or heard from him in 2 >years going to think? Sure, yours wouldn't care, but most people's >would. Do you think his family and friends will be US converts or US >enemies? > >We, as an occupier, have to be twice as moral and twice as righteous >as the citizens if we ever hope to gain anything from our investment >in the Middle East. > >And that ignores the immorality of detention without due process. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:217601 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
