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To: JohnM who wrote (72428)	6/16/2008 8:44:39 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542208

I fail to see how the issue of prisoners held for many years without a hearing as to their status goes to the question of whether Afghanistan is best understood in terms of a war model or a criminal model. Kennedy meant to limit the scope of the decision to Guantanamo and to prisoners long held away from the battlefield. Indeed, the decision is narrow. I haven't been addressing the decision but the broader question. I have a tendency to try to address the problem rather than the symptom. For one, if you solve the problem, the symptom is moot and a lot of other symptoms disappear, too. For another, when you focus on one system, you sometimes clumsily take action that has broader implications and end up with a bigger mess. And lastly, the problem is more interesting to consider than this particular symptom, which IMO is interesting in its implications, not so much in itself.