Saturday, September 16, 2006

You be the Judge

Terrorists are not uniformed soldiers. They are not covered by the Geneva convention. Should they be? You be the judge.

And what should be done with them? You decide.

Should we hand over classified information to them when they come to trial (though we let their lawyers see it all), even as they witheld information during interrogation that could save American lives RIGHT NOW?

What do you think?

Meanwhile, as Congress dithers, interrogations are stalled. We are a nation at risk.

Via RCP

UPDATE: Good piece rebutting McCain's objections by David Frum, NRO. Key excerpt, but read it all:
Suppose for example one piece of evidence at trial was a transcript of a recorded conversation between the accused and a US agent who had successfully infiltrated al Qaeda. One glance at the transcript would make clear that who the infiltrator was. Is that really information we would wish to disclose to an al Qaeda accused? Has anybody considered the possibility that some of these accused may after all be acquitted? Military justice is not perfect, and as the president has reminded us, there are at least 12 known cases of released Guantanamo detainees returning to the fight. What if they returned with US intelligence secrets?
And questioning McCain's motives.

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