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Judges Deny 3 Detainees in Afghanistan Access to U.S. Courts - NYTimes.com
We had Bush keeping people in places without charge and/or a hearing and now we have Obama doing the same. I noted the following quote... and yes Senator Graham, the war in Afghanistan is a crime.
Read the following and decide... is the war in Afghanistan a crime?
We had Bush keeping people in places without charge and/or a hearing and now we have Obama doing the same. I noted the following quote... and yes Senator Graham, the war in Afghanistan is a crime.
Read the following and decide... is the war in Afghanistan a crime?
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and an influential lawmaker in the long-running debate over detentions, called the ruling a “big win” and praised the administration for appealing the lower court’s ruling.
“Allowing a noncitizen enemy combatant detained in a combat zone access to American courts would have been a change of historic proportions,” he said. “It also would have dealt a severe blow to our war effort.
“There is a reason we have never allowed enemy prisoners detained overseas in an active war zone to sue in federal court for their release. It simply makes no sense and would be the ultimate act of turning the war into a crime.”
