Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's happening outside Fairfield

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 9/30/06 10:50:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, but Shemp, you *first* have to find him guilty of being a terrorist and > he has the right of due process, being informed of his rights, being charged, > having an attorney present, having time to prepare a defense and then a jury > of *his* peers. And then once he is found guilty and run out of appeals you > can't do anything to violate his rights or subject him to cruel or unusual > punishment. It reminds me of the Pakistani general on the 911 mini series that > said to the CIA agent that captured RamsyYusef, " give me two hours with him > and I'll get you all the information you want that he has". Then later when > our FBI agents interrogate a terrorist all they could do was threaten to tell > his momma that her son was a terrorist. > You like simplistic world models, don't you? Spair What I wrote above on the first line came almost verbatim from a poster on this list a couple of years ago when torture was discussed before. They believed that terrorist suspects should have all the rights of an American citizen being accused of a crime and that they were innocent until proven guilty. Of course they didn't say where they would stand if they were tried and found guilty of being a terrorist. But I have no doubt that same person would still object to any forced interrogation that might be *uncomfortable* for them. Where do you stand Spair? If you were President and had a high profile terrorist in custody who had lots of information on terrorist activity and he wanted to kill your countrymen by the thousands, would you just let him sit in a prison, silent? __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___