[Grovenet] Remember the goat herder?

[Walt Wentz]

Only one problem with that-- it might be hard to assemble a jury of  
"their peers" in Afghanistan, because their true peers are mostly  
vicious warlords and intolerant fanatics like Mulla Omar, who are in  
hiding and unlikely to comply with the ideals of human law in any case.
Truly, brothers under the skin...
On Mar 20, 2009, at 10:13 PM, jo.david wrote:

> New laws do not need to be invented.
>
> We do have a process for such conditions ( or at least the
> Constitution did ).  Those wrongly held without bail could sue their
> captors and those in decision making authority over their captors for
> civil damages and mental anguish.  The current US Administration
> should support those wrongly held in their court actions against
> Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, Gonzales, et all.
>
> And then after a civil trial, we should allow for their extradition
> to Afghanistan to face criminal trial by a jury of "their peers" for
> charges of kidnap in the region/city where the kidnappings took place.
>
> David
>
> On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Katie Allnutt wrote:
>
>> Here is an interesting article for those who remember the story of
>> the goat herder whose father in law turned him in for the $5K fee,
>> thinking the US would quickly realize they just had a simple goat
>> herder. But the family was disappointed when they kept him  for
>> several years trying to get the 'truth' out of him. Of course they
>> were confused because they thought the US was a big smart country
>> that could tell the difference between a goat herder and a terrorist,
>> but they were wrong with folks like Cheney and Rumsfield in charge.
>> Now we find ourselves in the situation where goat herders in
>> Afghanistan know that Dick Cheney is a lying despot but not enough
>> people in the US know it. With people finally feeling like they can
>> come out and tell the truth (even though it is unfortunate they
>> didn't have the balls to do so at the time) maybe we can return to
>> the philosophies of Washington and the other founders who advocated
>> treating prisoners humanely.
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_guantanamo_wrongly_held
>>
>>
>> Katie
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