Friday, September 29, 2006
NEW BILL COULD DEFINE ANTI-WAR PROTESTORS AS ENEMY COMBATANTS
Attorneys for the Center for Constitutional Rights claim that what appears to be the final version of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 could allow the government to detain the attorneys themselves as 'enemy combatants.' CCR Legal Director Bill Goodman said: "This bill makes a mockery of the rule of law."
The current version of the Military Commissions redefines an "unlawful enemy combatant" so broadly that it could include anyone who organizes a march against the war in Iraq."
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Attorneys for the Center for Constitutional Rights claim that what appears to be the final version of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 could allow the government to detain the attorneys themselves as 'enemy combatants.' CCR Legal Director Bill Goodman said: "This bill makes a mockery of the rule of law."
The current version of the Military Commissions redefines an "unlawful enemy combatant" so broadly that it could include anyone who organizes a march against the war in Iraq."
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1 comments:
Hm. This makes me kind of nervous.
I have thought alot lately about the kind of nation/world that my babies will have to face when they're my age (or before) - this is something that folks have considered for a long time, I know, especially through the 60's and the cold war of the 80s - But now, I wonder - How can it go back? How can it be a safe a beautiful place for them? I'm nervous about their future. About everyone's future.
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