Its a slippery slope when things like this start, Even if everyone had pure intentions. you gotta admit, its still a posibility.Marconius wrote:
Bush declared him an enemy combatant but denied him Due Process, thusly he didn't follow the "accepted procedure and current doctrine." This was all based on extremely flimsy evidence which all was shot down by the court, and yet Padilla still stayed in detention for 3 years with all of his appeals denied. Despite Padilla's criminal record, his rights were effectively taken away by the Bush merely by having Bush declare him an enemy combatant. Due to what happened with Padilla, this could conceivably happen with any American. All you'd need is Rumsfeld to go on a McCarthy-esque rampage and infringe the rights of "suspect" Americans and get Bush to throw them all in Gitmo "just in case."Horseman 77 wrote:
They may believe its better to punish 10 innocents than miss one guilty, but we owe it to ourselves if no one else to Raise the bar and achieve a higher standard.Marconius wrote:
There's not enough evidence to prove it. The fact is a US citizen has been detained with a gross lack of evidence, and is being held indefinitely, or at least until the government can come up with something to charge him with.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/17/padilla.hearing/
Follow the rules we have in place for this and use the accepted procedure and current doctrine. If it means a couple guilty slip away. That's tragic but they were dumb enough to get caught, They will get them again if they are stupid enough to try anything. If they do Then they can go to Rahway N.J. prison like common criminals. They will wish they stayed in gitmo! At the very least when the come out they will be much more sympathetic to women. Although I doubt Bush is actually personally involved,
Here are the Court Proceedings of Padilla vs. Bush, Rumsfeld, Marr
When justice is subverted, I always think " the next one is gonna be me "
If I was running things I know I would cheat and bend rules to get the job done, However its a big stage for the world to watch and judge. If he is Dirty and he is released, what could he possibly accomplish in the spotlight like he is?
The real root problem is that we " Can't or won't address the Entire Problem as it began from day one. "
We only focus on certain Key events in the time line.
We are not even allowed to mention why they hate us.
We have to pretend its just a deep mystery.