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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Skywatcher who wrote (222868)1/28/2002 4:32:34 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Chris

There is a Red Cross report on that site that criticizes the US for showing pictures of the detainees. Can't help thinking if there were no pictures of them they would complain that we are withholding something.

It seems to boil down to an issue of whether we should be permitted to treat them as "detainees" or "illegal combatants" until we find evidence that indicates otherwise. The other side says we should just bite the bullet and call them POWs regardless of the evidence. Our intelligence and interrogation needs reflect the path we've chosen, hence it is a pragmatic and humane (to the future victims of terrorism) necessity.
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