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Old 10-08-2007, 03:14 PM
RedBean RedBean is offline
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Default Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul

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With Padilla, the government was fighting his ability to get a trial every step of the way. The fact he got a trial was a miracle.

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What can I say, miracles happen....either way, the guy got a trial.... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Oh, Padilla was a US Citizen btw.


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Ya, and he was a terrorist too....
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When you're given the title "enemy combatant", you have no rights as a prisoner of war under the Geneva convention. You have no rights under the Constitution. You're just stuck.


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Um...if you're a citizen, you have habeas corpus.

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You have to wonder if it happened to Padilla, how many more this is happening to now. I'm sure the government doesn't exactly wanna make that list public.

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I'd guess zero. How many would you guess?
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