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Second Circuit Decision re Enemy Combatants
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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
(Am I alone in finding it disturbing that our government would take position No. 1? (Interstingly, tehy took the same position in Hamdi as well - - but then gave him a lawyer anyway before the S.Ct. decided on the cert. petition.) Sorry, wait Mr. Ashcroft, No! I'm not an enemy combatant, honest!)
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Not only are you not alone, I believe I read recently that Viet Dinh, the Georgetown Law Professor who took the lead on drafting the USA PATRIOT Act while he was at DOJ, agrees with you.
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