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In reply to the discussion: I'm astonished so many DUers are cool with ending Habeas Corpus [View all]Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)And there wasn't on September 12, 2001, either.
Al Qaida is in shambles and Osama bin Laden is dead, but the ability of American demagogues to frighten the people with his image continues.
If Bush did this, even in its watered down version, I would clamor for his hide. As congress passed it, I would decry them as spineless, especially the Democrats who caved and voted for it.
IOKIYAD is just as bad as IOKIYAR. If the president does it, it makes him an outlaw if it is illegal.
Oh, the cheering section says that there is now some ambiguous language in the bill that exempts American citizens from some of it harshest and most ridiculous provisions? Well, whoppedty doo!! It still provides for indefinite detention, which is still a violation of universal human rights, and it still mandates that Gitmo remain open to our shame.
This piece of crap should be vetoed.