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"The 60 inmates in question will not face criminal charges in the US, but cannot be returned to their home countries in the Middle East and China because they risk torture and ill treatment."

We can't have any torture nor ill treatment, now, can we. Surely not. Nope.

by asdf on Mon Jan 26th, 2009 at 09:27:59 PM EST
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Well, if there are no criminal charges against them, why can't they stay in the US?
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 01:34:54 AM EST
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I got a weekly email from my moron congressperson Adam Schiff, which besides the normal slush, invites participation to the weekly poll, this week on the same subject. Of course, your logical suggestion wasn't a choice:
What should be done with Guantanamo Bay prisoners when the prison closes?
They should be sent to be held by other foreign countries or international bodies.
They should be tried in a regular U.S. court.
They should be tried in a special "National Security Court."
They should be sent back to Afghanistan and held there until the end of the conflict.
They should be tried in a U.S. military court and detained until the war is over or they are no longer considered a threat.
It is a mistake to close Guantanamo.
I don't know.

No prelude, nothing about 60 persons there for years who won't be tried for anything, no mention about those who have been there for years and can't be tried in a American U.S. court because the judge would have to throw the trial out in the first minute for any or all of several reasons, nothing about him as a congresscritter who has sworn to uphold the laws of the land since he was a district attorney objecting to the travesty and trouncing of US laws since Bush was coroneted.

I shant go on lest I begin a rant.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Tue Jan 27th, 2009 at 02:06:43 AM EST
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