AP: Gonzales Holds Line on Terror Detainees

[Eugene]

Gonzales Holds Line on Terror Detainees

By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

(08-02) 18:30 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

The Bush administration wants a new system for trying terror suspects to let
prosecutors withhold classified evidence from the accused, Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday, holding to a hard line on detainee policy
despite concerns by senators and military lawyers.

"We must not share with captured terrorists the highly sensitive intelligence
that may be relevant to military commission proceedings," Gonzales told the
Senate Armed Services Committee.

Gonzales said detainee legislation also should permit hearsay and coerced
testimony, if deemed "reliable" by a judge. These approaches are not permitted
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or UCMJ, which is used for military
courts-martial.

The administration's plans have sounded alarms in the military's legal corps and
on Capitol Hill, who say the UCMJ is a tried-and-true body of law that is
well-regarded around the world.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/02/national/w131154D66.DTL

[MadMaddie]

1. So is everyone convinced now.....they are talking about

stripping Americans of their right as an American citizen, no due process, and rumors and heresay to possibly kill someone....

opponants of this administration will just dissapear....sound familiar..?


I only hope that the military finally fights back....

[Kagemusha]

2. If these guidelines are so hot, why aren't US servicemen tried under them?

I'm wondering.

[jimshoes]

3. I'm thinking of writing a song

Something to the effect of "I Swear I Will Not Go Quietly". I've read about another nation who had their rights stripped away from them without their consent. I hope for God's sake the good people of America can see the writing on the wall here.