But in this poor guys case he wasn't even declared an enemy combatant, else why wasn't he in Gitmo?
The US has been farming out their torture to countries like Syria since at least 9/11. I think as a policy it's being called "extreme rendition" or some such... On 8/11/05, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has technically always been the case since WWII when the POTUS was > allowed to designate an individual as an enemy combatant. > > >From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [H] US not a nice place to travel through > >Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:53:05 -0300 > > > >http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_flyrights_20050811 > > > >This is scary. > > > >"Mason (a senior lawyer for the US government) said the interpretation > >means travellers can be detained without charge, denied the right to > >consult a lawyer, and even refused necessities such as food and sleep." > > > >Is this for real? Sounds sort of insane to me. > > > >I guess it's now "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses > >yearning to breathe free...unless they're just passing through...then tell > >'em to watch out!" <grin> > > > >T > > > > > -- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
