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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (244262)	10/7/2007 9:02:50 PM
From: Webster Groves	Respond to of 281500

Terrorists kill people. We have laws against killing people. We should use them. Try em and fry em used to be the call. Isn't that enough to satisfy your bloodlust. But no, now everything is a secret - but from whom ? You think holding 300 stale prisoners in Cuba benefits the war against terror ? In Iraq the US has claimed to have killed every Al Qeda leader at least twice. The organization is different now . The people in Cuba are irrelevant but held anyway to avoid embarrassment to the US who has no evidence against them and no idea what to do with them. Enough on the subject. I don't even regard Bush at fault anymore. Congress has the power to uphold the Constitution but abdicates its authority to avoid being pinned or labeled. I also cynically believe the Dems want the problems to fester until at least Nov., 2008. wg

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (244262)	10/7/2007 9:23:57 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Trying terrorists in the same system which freed OJ is simply insane. Most people know this.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (244262)	10/8/2007 3:34:53 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Trying them as criminals only ensures that they won't get convicted and/or the government will disclose the methods it used to catch them in first place, greatly enhancing their organization's chances of success in the next attack. Those 2 objections aren't good reasons for keeping terrorists from coming to trial. When we try ordinary criminals, there is a chance that they won't get convicted, and it discloses to other criminals the method government uses to catch them in the first place, greatly enhancing other ordinary criminals' chances of success in their next crime. Yet we still do it. Try again.