Well the latest news from the Obama camp is disheartening indeed. His current plans for shutting down Gitmo and transferring the enemy combatants to Federal Court is foolhardy. Why indeed would the president elect even entertain releasing 250 enemies to U.S. Soil since no other countries want them? I certainly hope they are released into a certain Chicago Suburb instead of the usual Miami dump job.
"President-elect Obama, with a stroke of your presidential pen, on Day One of your administration, you can ensure that our government will be faithful to the Constitution and to the principles upon which America was founded," the American Civil Liberties Union said in a full-page ad in the New York Times.
Under the plan being crafted inside Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and others would be charged in U.S. courts, where they would receive constitutional rights and open trials. This would include 5 September 11 terrorists. Prosecuting all detainees in federal courts raises many problems. Evidence gathered through military interrogation or from intelligence sources might be thrown out. Defendants would have the right to confront witnesses, meaning undercover CIA officers or terrorist turncoats might have to take the stand, jeopardizing their cover and revealing classified intelligence tactics.
Obama's other solution is to create a whole new Court system to try the detainees instead of the tribunals we have now. Looks like a very merry Christmas for the detainee's, likely in South Florida.
"President-elect Obama, with a stroke of your presidential pen, on Day One of your administration, you can ensure that our government will be faithful to the Constitution and to the principles upon which America was founded," the American Civil Liberties Union said in a full-page ad in the New York Times.
Under the plan being crafted inside Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and others would be charged in U.S. courts, where they would receive constitutional rights and open trials. This would include 5 September 11 terrorists. Prosecuting all detainees in federal courts raises many problems. Evidence gathered through military interrogation or from intelligence sources might be thrown out. Defendants would have the right to confront witnesses, meaning undercover CIA officers or terrorist turncoats might have to take the stand, jeopardizing their cover and revealing classified intelligence tactics.
Obama's other solution is to create a whole new Court system to try the detainees instead of the tribunals we have now. Looks like a very merry Christmas for the detainee's, likely in South Florida.
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