Johnny Jihad's Mom and Dad are complaining that he isn't being represented by a lawyer. The Jihad family mouthpiece, James Brosnahan, of San Francisco, insisted that the lad has constitutional rights, "whatever the accusation." The White House begs to differ: "Right now Mr. Walker is being treated in a manner consistent with the Geneva Convention's protection for enemy belligerents who are captured as prisoners of war," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "So long as he is in military custody and is not being questioned for law enforcement purposes he does not have the constitutional right to a lawyer."
They can't shoot him without one, but he doesn't get one until they're ready to shoot him. War's hell, ain't it? Perhaps he shoulda consulted with Mr. Brosnahan before running of to fight jihad and beat other men's wives. |