Holder on Bush, executive power

Oh God it is one thing to let the criminals loose it is another to bring them here before Baaaaaaaaaarack letsem go!!

My concern is that an "'expedited and procedurally fair' review process" will leave room for pre-emptive detentions. In other words, that it will allow certain suspects to remain imprisoned without being charged and without a presentation of evidence. This is America and we cannot tolerate a system of justice that treats certain individuals differently than others. Habeas corpus, the right to challenge the merits of your detention, must be upheld at all costs, even under Obama.

Forget the past just get in get out and move on.We create more problems and add more burden to the people by trying to knock down the existing structure just to rebuild it.The biggest problem we face right now is unemployment and the economy it needs more of the Congress and the Presidents time and effort to fix it than anything else that is less burdensome to the American people like Guantanamo.

Good for him! Now what are his views on prosecuting war criminals, i.e., Cheney, Addington, Yu, Tennet, and Bush? Bush and Cheney may be immune by virtue of their office (from U.S. prosecution) , but surely not the others. If you haven't already, read "The Dark Side" by Jane Mayer (Doubleday). Not for those with a weak stomach!

Very appropriate comments from Eric Holder, Jr. We need more people of integrity like this in government. I went back tonight and read Obama and McCain's responses to the 12 questions, and found it quite telling. McCain declined to answer two questions, and deferred to waiting on a pending Supreme Court decision on a third. I am quite happy we did not elect him, as he is tacitly holding the line on undefensible positions that Bush has taken, that are being systematically found unconstitutional. We need respect for that document, that forms the basis of the best system of government in the world today. We cannot allow politicians to make a mockery of 200 years of American justice.

Detaining people indefinately with no trial has never been the American way of doing things. If they have evidence, take them to trial but you can not just hold people for years and years without reason. Why not leave them where they are but start their trials?

Under the Bush Administration, the Guantanomo trials are nothing more than kangaroo court show trials. On more than one occassion, American Army prosecutors, so distraught at this farce have switched to the defense; the Bush Administration dismissed an Army judge seen as being "fair" to the defense and the general in charge of proceedings has been relieved for tampering to insure guilty verdicts. On top of this, meetings between defendants and counsel are taped, there is no access to "secret" witnesses and evidence and hearsay evidence and torture confessions are allowed. Why doesn't the Bush Administration just take these defendants out back and put a bullet in their heads? It would be more honest.

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These people are Terrorists not war prisoners. They lost all rights when they fought as terrorists. Obama, a bleeding heart liberal will let them go within our country. Poor terrorists being treated unfairly. How wast do we forget 9/11 and what they did to us.

"Detaining people indefinately with no trial has never been the American way of doing things."
Crashing airplanes into buildings and killing innocent civilian life for absolutely no reason hasn't been the civilized world's way of doing things. You moonbat liberals want to let these people go?? THEY AREN'T NORMAL CRIMINALS. They don't care if they die - they actually think it's righteous. They don't care if they kill innocent people - they actually think it's righteous. I say we slowly burn them alive until they give up the info - and if they don't, then we kill them anyway. Their existence is nothing but dangerous. Don't believe m? Ask the families and friends of everyone that died on 9/11.

Your lack of understanding of what the terrorist wants to eliminate scares me. They publicly say it is our oil policy in the Middle East and our friendship with Israel. Only one of those is true the Israel part, they want to eliminate our culture. American movies, music and rights don't sit well with these religious fanatics. If they win, it will be the liberal left who suffers the most as Gay rights, women's rights, the ability to speak out against religion, and abortion will be gone. A woman's right to chose please only if her husband decides it for her. Remember your anti-Bush rhetoric is fine but to give your enemies rights guaranteed for a United States citizen is suicide.

I hope with all my might that Obama releases some of these terrorists into our society and they strap themselves with explosives and kill his family. Then he might begin to understand how dangerous these lunatics are. What kind of sick-o pacifist is this idiot Obama and his circle of idiot friends. He can't find anyone that will vouch for him that isn't a crook with dirty laundry.