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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
Your wrong.. if it takes 5 years for them to figure up a reason to keep him in jail you have to consider the fact that perhaps they didn't have anything..
Normally if you kidnap someone from another country and keep him as a prisoner , you charge them with a crime.. otherwise your just a kidnapper.
By your logic, everyone who is thrown in jail is guilty merely by the fact they are in jail.. i.e. if you were in guantanamo you must be guilty or you wouldnt be there right ?
Why have courts , judges, lawyers and jails then ? why not just send everyone to guntanamo , then by them being there they are automatically guilty.
In any SANE persons mind, if they have broken the law they are chraged , tried before a jury of your peers iin a timely fashion and convicted if your guilty. Why some people think we need to suddenly drop the justice system entirely for some people is beyond me..
Seems to be if someone is a terrorist , you charge them with a crime , and convict them. period
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None of those at GITMO could be charged until recently because civilian attorneys had the matter tied up in the Courts as to them being tried in a civilian court vs a military tribunal. The Supreme Court ruled a few months ago that they could be tried by military tribunal, but not as the Administration had established the procedures for the military tribunal. The Sumpreme Court ruled that the Congress had to establish the procedures and they have now done so. Presumably some of those at GITMO will now begin to be charged and tried by military tribunal. It is my understanding the the US has determined that, I think, a hundred or more (I don't really recall the number well) can be released but no countries thus far will accept them, including their countries of origin. It is also my understanding that over the years several hundred have previously been released. A few of which have been captured once again, or killed on the battle field.