Comments on: Dealing with Terrorist Prisoners http://www.davejustus.com/2005/06/29/dealing-with-terrorist-prisoners/ None Sine Causa Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dave Justus http://www.davejustus.com/2005/06/29/dealing-with-terrorist-prisoners/#comment-1487 Dave Justus Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2005/06/29/dealing-with-terrorist-prisoners/#comment-1487 Well, the Patriot Act deals with entirely seperate issues, but certainly it should have been anticipated. One thing I certainly don't like about Guantanamo is the very fact that it is in Cuba as an attempt to avoid Judicial overview. That was a fine immediate compromise when the need was first made manifest, but we have had time to ammend the legal code since then. If what we are doing their is moral, and certainly a lot, if not everything is, then it should be as legal to hold these people is Texas or Virginia as in Cuba. If it is not moral, we shouldn't be doing it in Cuba or elsewhere. I can see a good reason for Cuba in the immediate aftermath of Afghanistan. We have had enough time then to construct good legislation to deal with this and there has been no attempt to do so, and the Republican Party must bear most of the blame for that (although the Democrats certainly haven't earned any high marks either.) Well, the Patriot Act deals with entirely seperate issues, but certainly it should have been anticipated.

One thing I certainly don’t like about Guantanamo is the very fact that it is in Cuba as an attempt to avoid Judicial overview. That was a fine immediate compromise when the need was first made manifest, but we have had time to ammend the legal code since then. If what we are doing their is moral, and certainly a lot, if not everything is, then it should be as legal to hold these people is Texas or Virginia as in Cuba. If it is not moral, we shouldn’t be doing it in Cuba or elsewhere.

I can see a good reason for Cuba in the immediate aftermath of Afghanistan. We have had enough time then to construct good legislation to deal with this and there has been no attempt to do so, and the Republican Party must bear most of the blame for that (although the Democrats certainly haven’t earned any high marks either.)

]]> By: Chris Rasmussen http://www.davejustus.com/2005/06/29/dealing-with-terrorist-prisoners/#comment-1486 Chris Rasmussen Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2005/06/29/dealing-with-terrorist-prisoners/#comment-1486 ".... a failure of the Executive and Legislative branches to assert a clear and reasonable set of rules and standards governing non-state international war. In this vacuum, the Judiciary has asserted itself out of necessity." Dave, I agree completely. The question is: during the drafting of the Patriot Act and similar provisions after 9-11, why didn't we anticipate that this would be an issue. “…. a failure of the Executive and Legislative branches to assert a clear and reasonable set of rules and standards governing non-state international war. In this vacuum, the Judiciary has asserted itself out of necessity.”

Dave, I agree completely. The question is: during the drafting of the Patriot Act and similar provisions after 9-11, why didn’t we anticipate that this would be an issue.

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