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| Arlen's Terrorists (Heh) |
| 2007-01-23 |
| This dude is such a farkin' RINO tranzi. Rights for Jihadis, eh? Methinks you need to leave the 'Pubs and join your fellow dhimmis. Sen. Arlen Specter continues to campaign for giving habeas corpus rights to terror-war prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. The Philadelphia Republicrat is wrong. The Military Commissions Act provides that noncitizen unlawful enemy combatants are not entitled to the writ of habeas corpus. A prisoner may not plead to a federal judge that his detention is unlawful. Prisoners at Guantanamo are entitled to a process that is due under the circumstances. Hundreds of suspected terrorists have been released after their cases were investigated. Prisoners of war typically are not entitled to habeas corpus. But Mr. Specter would give unlawful enemy combatants, who target civilians, greater legal rights even though the latter have rejected the laws of war. They do not wear uniforms and do not carry arms openly. This tactic treats civilians as camouflage, shields and fodder, subjecting them to great risk because it is difficult to distinguish between fighter and nonfighter. Specter was quite angry over the defeat of an amendment giving habeas corpus rights to the Guantanamo prisoners. But he voted for the commissions bill anyway. Again, he calls for aiding terrorists -- after failing to record his principles in the vote that counted. If the president must justify war-making to judicial officers, he will find his valid authority compromised and will be hamstrung in protecting the nation. But the NYT will say good things about Arlen and we know that is the most imprtant National Security issure, correct? |
| Posted by:Brett |
| #1 perhaps under Scottish Law™.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-23 14:14 |