Comments on: Here’s What Happens When You Treat Terrorists Like Common Criminals

By: CO2aintpoison

CO2aintpoison — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:49 +0000

Can we discuss treason, real treason? Are we allowed? I mean…what else IS this crap? From the wikipedia: “In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one’s sovereign or nation.

Oran’s Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as: “…[a]…citizen’s actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation].” In many nations, it is also often considered treason to attempt or conspire to overthrow the government, even if no foreign country is aided or involved by such an endeavour.”

I suppose if he were brought up on charges of treason, THEN he would say he wasn’t a citizen so this doesn’t apply to him….boy, wouldn’t that just be the devil’s nut.

By: thierry

thierry — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:20:17 +0000

let’s cut to the chase, buy him an ice cream cone and send him to bermuda.

we need a constitutional amendment barring lawyers from holding public office. like wealth, elected offices need to be redistributed among different occupations.

eric holder needs to be removed….. hello…. paging congress and the senate….please pick up the pink courtesy phone….perhaps it’s time to start doing something besides destroying the country and shredding the constitution for dear leader.

By: trevy

trevy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:53:00 +0000

“The decision to try the jihadists in a civilian court is also a decision which will divulge America’s security secrets to the enemy”

Exactly, that’s the point. Duh One and Eric Holder tried to directly at the CIA, and that didn’t work. So, they’ll get to them through the back door.

By: echosierra

echosierra — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:14:36 +0000

U.S. laws don’t apply to enemies caught in a war, no matter how assymetrical the fighting may be. The Geneva Convention does not require you try them under your home country’s laws, which is why they can be shot on site on a battle field, or in house to house street fighting, or when spotted by a Predator Drone. They give up those rights when they take up arms as part of an organized body that wages open war against military and civilian targets. The country attacked then has the right to engage them in combat and kill them. People captured during such engagements, including spies caught in the process of sabotage on our own shores, have always been tried by military tribunals. (E.G. The German saboteurs caught in the U.S. during WWII.) Since their initial capture these terrorists/mercenaries were treated under Geneva Convention rules, so much of the evidence they provided may be inadmissable in Civilan court, and Obama has set them up to actually continue an infinitely long appeals process that might not be settled until he is out of office. Which may be exactly what he wants.

By: helpunderdog

helpunderdog — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:56:00 +0000

If ever there was a case for the death penalty, this would be it. For convicted murderers who continue to commit heinous crimes even when behind bars, death is the best solution. And Stewart should be sentenced to treason and convicted in a similar fashion.

By: rodger

rodger — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:50:00 +0000

In flagrant delicto – or caught “redhanded”.

By: benning

benning — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:37:00 +0000

Trusting to the likes of Stewart is like accepting the character witnesses for Alger Hiss.

By: mac38

mac38 — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:34:00 +0000

Are you suggesting that certain people should be denied due process of law and our government be allowed to determine which? Could it be that maybe we rely too much on the government already? Maybe we as individuals should take more responsibility. Our legal system is imperfect even if it is the best in the world. There is vigilante justice for those that slip through the legal cracks, why didn’t someone take care of this themself? Why do we need to give the government this “dangerous degree of power” when as individuals we already have it?