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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
eta: If I understand the bill correctly, it means no habeas corpus for anyone held outside the country. Which means the government can detain someone as long as they like, for whatever reason they like. That's absolutely nuts.
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Why is that nuts? Did you think the founding fathers ever in their wildest dreams thought that the protections of the constitution would apply to enemy combatants?
The only reason why enemy combatants have any rights is because of the Geneva convention. If the country where the prisoner is from has a problem with how we are treating their citizen they can complain using diplomatic channels.
