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To: brian1501 who wrote (206593)	10/14/2004 10:39:20 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574276

Under the Geneva Conventions, Article 82, "these people" are subject to the same laws as Us. And ole Rummie has said repeatedly that the Geneva Conventions are in place at Gitmo. Here's article 82: A prisoner of war shall be subject to the laws, regulations and orders in force in the armed forces of the Detaining Power; ... That in no way says they are subject to the laws of the citizens of the detaining power, it says they are subject to the laws of the ARMED FORCES of the detaining power. Even more, it absolutely does not say the POWs are entitled to the rights and priveledges of the citizens of the detaining power. That's right......however, military law is not that all that different from civilian law. They do have the right to an attorney and a court trial neither of which have happened in nearly three years at Gitmo. Why? Have a taste of article 84 too: A prisoner of war shall be tried only by a military court, unless the existing laws of the Detaining Power expressly permit the civil courts to try a member of the armed forces of the Detaining Power in respect of the particular offence alleged to have been committed by the prisoner of war. We are totally above-board trying these people in front of a military tribunal. What tribunals? There has been no due process for the POWs at Gitmo. That said, we do need to find a way to filter out the dangerous ones and the not so dangerous ones as soon as practical. Turning them all loose would be dumb. The CIA probably has bigger fish to fry, and we need to hang on to the prisoners until they can do some investigation. We turned one loose who is an avowed al Qa'ida member. He just kidnapped some Chinese engineers in Pakistan. What's up with that? ted