I've been reading all kinds of analysis of this decision, and I'm struck by something nobody's really saying. Yes, there are dangerous men at Guantanamo, but the Bush Administration's very tactics have ensured that those men can never face trial in U.S. courts. They have been illegally detained, and they have been tortured. Evidence gathered through such means is inadmissible in court. Their attempted end-run around the justice system has virtually ensured that the very people who do pose the greatest threat will go free.
The rightward shift of the Supreme Court is so troubling it makes my hands shake.
As it should. At the risk of being Godwined here, it has to be remembered that the Nazis were scrupulously legalistic when taking over the German state. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
This policy, as you say, was successfully tested by the German Nazis, and has been adopted by American neo-cons. The Fates are kind.
