Moment of Decision
Legislation ratifying the President's warrantless wiretapping of terrorist phone calls passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. What's more, legislation to establish terrorist tribunals is out, and likewise headed toward the floor.
People like John McCain and Lindsay Graham are enjoying their moment in the sun -- it's impossible that they're unaware of the press plaudits they receive for bucking the bills favored by the President. But regarding the terrorist tribunals, it strikes me as naive in the extreme for McCain and Graham to worry about the impact on our troops of the President's interpretation of Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.
Can McCain and Graham seriously believe that the way we interpret Article 3 will have any impact on the way our troops are treated by, say, terrorists? That the people who intended to torture and behead American troops will be constrained from doing so if the softer McCain approach prevails? Please.
In any case, it's time for illuminating contrasts to be drawn. Let's see who, like John Cornyn, is serious about fighting the war on terror, who's not -- like most Senate Democrats -- and who's really enjoying a little legislative grandstanding (and we all know who that is).
People like John McCain and Lindsay Graham are enjoying their moment in the sun -- it's impossible that they're unaware of the press plaudits they receive for bucking the bills favored by the President. But regarding the terrorist tribunals, it strikes me as naive in the extreme for McCain and Graham to worry about the impact on our troops of the President's interpretation of Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.
Can McCain and Graham seriously believe that the way we interpret Article 3 will have any impact on the way our troops are treated by, say, terrorists? That the people who intended to torture and behead American troops will be constrained from doing so if the softer McCain approach prevails? Please.
In any case, it's time for illuminating contrasts to be drawn. Let's see who, like John Cornyn, is serious about fighting the war on terror, who's not -- like most Senate Democrats -- and who's really enjoying a little legislative grandstanding (and we all know who that is).
posted by LadybugUSA at 9:06 PM
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We saw a lot of grandstanding on Monday, September 11th.
McCain said it best: "It's not about who they are, it's about who we are."
None of this matters anyway, right? Bush will just use another signing statement to declare that he is above the law and the system of government as prescribed by the Constitution.
I'm curious about the proposal by the GOP's leading Senate attention whores.
Who gets to see the classified information: the attorney or the accused? If it is the attorney only who gets to handle it, what attorneys will a be allowed at this military bar?
I think FISA itself was an unconstitutional move.
Just because Carter wanted to give up some presidential powers, doesn't mean he had the legal standing to do it. I think a Constitutional amendment would be in order.
Under what authority did President Roosevelt use during WW2, when he wire tapped overseas calls to Germany and Japan, since the FISA laws didn't exist at that time? Also, he OPENED mail from over seas
as well.
That's a good question. There were also Censorship Committees that opened the US Mail.
If you are concerned about Civil Liberties, be happy you didn't live during the time of FDR.
Whatever happened to holding onto the enemies captives until the conflict is over?
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