From: Gene McAloon 

On Sat, 17 May 2003 10:55:10 +0200, Thees Peereboom  wrote:

>If you take into account what happens at Guantanamo Bay, you can't escape
>the conclusion that this administration is prepared to stretch (their
>opinions of) US law as far as they think necessary.

Thees,

I would tend to agree except that at least one court in the US has already ruled
that what is happening in Guantanamo is outside court jurisdiction. The
court's reasoning was that Guantanamo is foreign territory, as in fact it
is, and American law doesn't apply.

It is what they are doing in this country that is really scary because that does
come under American law.  However, there are precedents for the attitude
they are exhibiting. In times of national crises, or at least perceived
national crises, there has long been a tendency in this country to
over-react and bend the law as expediency seems to dictate.

We usually get over it and return to sanity.

Gene

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