Close Gitmo

December 10th, 2007 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags:

Changing the procedures isn’t enough. Guantanamo Bay has to be closed and, then, the US has to make a new start with regards to how it treats terrorism suspects.

“It’s war” isn’t sufficient reason to break with the rule of law and to prevent suspects from defending themselves, nor to keep people locked up for six years without charging them with anything.

Heck, there’s never a good reason to treat suspects like that.

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  1. Dustin Metzger
    December 10th, 2007 at 21:59
    Reply | Quote | #1

    Heck, there’s never a good reason to treat suspects like that.

    Sure there is… it just happens to be only found in Tom Clancy novels.

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