I was replying to a comment in another post and had wrongly (I believe) accused Senate Bill S.3930 as pertaining to American citizens. I changed my response, which was easy enough to do since there are other things to be upset about…however that is not the point of this post.
In editing my comment I did so because I was able to actually look up the Bill and see that the word alien is a modifier in the sentences where Habeas Corpus applies (at least that section, it may not say that other places). However, that isn’t enritirely the point.
I decided to go back and read other parts of the Bill to see if I had missed anything else. Salient points:
`Sec. 949t. Maximum limits
`The punishment which a military commission under this chapter may direct for an offense may not exceed such limits as the President or Secretary of Defense may prescribe for that offense.
So Bush and Rumsfeld decide how long an enemy combatant may be imprisoned. Ok, I can see that, I mean they have made nothing but good choices before, I am sure that will work out and no ones personal liberties will be trampled on.
`Sec. 949u. Execution of confinement
`(a) In General- Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, a sentence of confinement adjudged by a military commission under this chapter may be carried into execution by confinement–`(1) in any place of confinement under the control of any of the armed forces; or
`(2) in any penal or correctional institution under the control of the United States or its allies, or which the United States may be allowed to use.
`(b) Treatment During Confinement by Other Than the Armed Forces- Persons confined under subsection (a)(2) in a penal or correctional institution not under the control of an armed force are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed by the courts of the United States or of the State, District of Columbia, or place in which the institution is situated.
Sure that makes sense too. I mean as long as the prison is located somewhere where attaching electrodes to your nuts is legal AND that prison is a prison that United States is allowed to use, well it only follows that that is ethical.
Whew, for a minute there I thought we had lost all moral direction.
nah, ya’ll fine. nothing to be ashamed of or to worry about. fuck the Geneva Conventions. fuck the UN, fuck Habeas Corpus – that’s shit for liberal fags anyway. we think you guys are da bomb.
it takes courage to throw over board international recognized principles, so it better fit your own twisted perception of reality. be careful so this doesn’t backfire though.
Better watch it…you ain’t a native! :)
Haha – sorry Nathan, didn’t mean to pollute your blog with my potty mouth. I guess it was an attempt to say that I agree with you. And yeah, being a bearded alien nowadays isn’t exactly easy. If things goes our way this mid-term, I might actually do something about that (the alien status – that is). My wife doesn’t think they’re allowing spouses to visit Gitmo :)
Have fun GeoCaching Saturday, I’ll have to hook up with ya’ll on another occation.
Oh it’s no problem…potty mouth is spoken here!
And get legal fast…they won’t be coming after citizens until after they lock up the aliens…so we have like 6 more months of freedom. :)