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McCain-Lieberman Bill Would Deny Civilian Trials for "Enemy Belligerents"
a couple of snippets:
So how many of you have been out waving your Gadsden Flag in front of the court house or city hall in the last couple years? My wife and I have. Does that make us enemy belligerents? Does that make us subject to detainment without trial? If this bill passes, quite possibly.
Liberty -or- Death
a couple of snippets:
i suggest you read the whole article over at JBS.The stated purpose of the bill is to ban civilian trials for those designated by the federal government as “enemy belligerents.” The bill would bar such individuals from receiving the legal rights usually afforded those accused of crimes in the United States. “Enemy belligerents” would be taken into military custody for the purposes of interrogation and determination of their status. Some, after interrogation and determination of status, may become "high-level detainees."
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It has been increasingly clear that the power elites are very, very worried about the Tea Party Movement (TPM) — and this doubtless includes worries that the insiders’ attempt to hijack the movement for the neocons will be thwarted. They fear as much as they despise Ron Paul and his supporters; they worry about an upsurge of libertarian-type sentiment that opposes the use of taxpayer dollars to bail out bloated corporations that clearly could not survive in a truly free market.
So how many of you have been out waving your Gadsden Flag in front of the court house or city hall in the last couple years? My wife and I have. Does that make us enemy belligerents? Does that make us subject to detainment without trial? If this bill passes, quite possibly.
Liberty -or- Death