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Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Lundgren Jarmo: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 15. marraskuuta 2001 0:59 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Eurorights] Bush Orders Terror Trials by Military to Foreigners Here's another take on the same subject. It's not quite Bedtime for Freedom, but there's that chance. From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:47:22 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC: President Bush says military tribunals will try civilian cases X-URL: Politech is at http://www.politechbot.com/ X-Author: Declan McCullagh is at http://www.mccullagh.org/ X-News-Site: Cluebot is at http://www.cluebot.com/ President Bush has quietly signed an executive order allowing civilians to be tried by military tribunals. This may be outrageous. I say "may be" because the degree to which we should be outraged depends on the details of this not-yet-released executive order. Does the executive order apply only to non-U.S. citizens, as some news reports say? Perhaps it applies only abroad, to Al Qaeda saboteurs trying to blow up U.S. military bases? Does it apply solely to illegal immigrants? If it applies to people living in or visiting the U.S. legally, what happened to our Sixth Amendment right "to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury?" One thing that seems apparent is that the writ of Habeas Corpus, the so -called Great Writ and bulwark of liberty, is in danger of disappearing. The Constitution says "the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it." During the Civil War, President Lincoln suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus and ordered that suspected political criminals be tried before military tribunals. [..]
