[lbo-talk] Charges? We Don't Need No Stinking Charges

W. Kiernan wkiernan at ij.net
Sat Sep 10 21:29:10 PDT 2005


Jordan Hayes wrote:

>

> So you're saying that you can't imagine a case where this

> would be true?

That's exactly what I'm saying. If he hasn't done anything, if he hasn't even talked about doing anything, then it's not just that I believe the U.S. shouldn't imprison him on some kind of moral or legalistic grounds, but it doesn't _make any sense_ to imprison him!

You quote the Washington Post:

> > There may be times when circumstances require the detention of

> > an American citizen fighting for the other side who, for some

> > reason, cannot be tried in civilian courts.

but I'm honestly at a loss here; what reason could that be?

Yours WDK - WKiernan at ij.net



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