Political Linky Dinks: Boyle-ing
Dec. 3rd, 2004 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jere7myGood news, Torquemada: now we're allowed to use evidence gained through torture! E.g., "Boyle replied that the United States never would adopt a policy that would have barred it from acting on evidence that could have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks even if the data came from questionable practices like torture by a foreign power." How very reassuring that statement is—everything's fair game, as long as it prevents terrorist attacks! Whew. Close one!
An uppity federal judge questioned the government's right to detain people for years without lawyers or evidence. But "government lawyers, who are asking Green to dismiss the claims of 54 Guantanamo detainees who have challenged their imprisonment, said yesterday that a federal court should not micromanage the president's war on terrorism."
An uppity federal judge questioned the government's right to detain people for years without lawyers or evidence. But "government lawyers, who are asking Green to dismiss the claims of 54 Guantanamo detainees who have challenged their imprisonment, said yesterday that a federal court should not micromanage the president's war on terrorism."
"If a little old lady in Switzerland writes checks to what she thinks is a charitable organization for Afghanistan orphans, but it's really supporting...al Qaeda, is she an enemy combatant?" the judge asked. Boyle said the woman could be, but it would depend on her intentions. "It would be up to the military to decide as to what to believe," he said.Yup. That's how the justice system works in the US: it's all up to the military to decide.
