Posted on 11/13/2006 5:45:29 PM PST by listenhillary
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 60% of voters in the recent U.S. national elections believe the prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay should either be granted a hearing before an independent judge or be released to their home countries, and fewer than 20% of those polled believe that the detainees should be held indefinitely. These results reflect the post-election views of 800 actual voters surveyed immediately following the election by the polling company, a Washington, DC-based opinion-research firm.
The poll also found that 52% of (800 polled)Americans believe the Military Commissions Act, a new law created in October that denies "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their imprisonment in front of an independent judge, is unfair. By contrast, only (800 polled) 36% of Americans believe the new law is fair. The Bush administration defines the term "enemy combatant" as an individual who was part of or supporting the Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.
In response to the poll, Khalid al-Odah, father of one of the prisoners and head of one of the world's leading detainee-rights groups, said he is encouraged by the results and urged U.S. government officials to heed the will of (800 polled) American voters.
"I am heartened that so many (800 polled) Americans agree that my son and others in Guantanamo Bay deserve a hearing before an independent judge," said al-Odah, leader of the Kuwaiti Family Committee (http://www.kuwaitifreedom.org). He and his family haven't seen or talked his son, Fawzi, for five years since he was taken prisoner and sent to Guantanamo. "It is my sincere hope that the new leadership in Congress will make it a priority to right the wrongs the Bush administration has committed at Guantanamo Bay. The actions of this administration have damaged the lives of these men and their families, it has damaged the U.S. image as a beacon of human rights, and most importantly, it has damaged Americans' faith in their legal system. It's time for America to start trusting its judicial system again."
The Kuwaiti Family Committee is sending results of the(800 polled) poll to every member of the U.S. House and Senate, including those newly elected.
This press release is distributed by Levick Strategic Communications on behalf of the International Counsel Bureau. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
How to buy poll results, send out a press release and get it reported as news.
They also don't reveal that the 800 polled were all democrats.
Who'd they poll, members of the Berkely NEA?
I would normally post "this poll must be skewed".
but after this last election, I can believe anything - you never lose betting on the stupidity of the american public.
And in a related story...
MOST U.S. VOTERS ARE IDIOTS.
Look at the damn questions and the last choice: "...[or] be held indefinitely."
What kind of choices are those!?
Pffffffffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttttt...
How much you want to bet that if the families of 9/11 commissioned a poll, they would come up with different results?
good thing that polls don't set policy.
Let each one of those voters take one home as a house guest. No doubt, those voters won't keep their heads for long.
Does anybody here really think the average American even knows what the Military Commission act is?
A real related story
Rumsfeld exit may reopen Guantánamo detention issueGuantánamo was Donald Rumsfeld's baby. Now, some see a chance for change in the U.S. war-on-terrorism detention policy.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15965812.htm
Snip
With a stroke of his pen, he approved, temporarily, the harshest of interrogation tactics used there and was an outspoken advocate of the U.S. policy of indefinite detention without civilian court review. He even traveled to Miami two years ago to promote the policy to the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
I agree-I'll never question the intelligence of the American people again. The biggest bunch of priveledged, spoiled, pampered group of people about to lose it all in the history of the world.
In tomorrows poll they will reveal that nearly 60% of US voters want to die in a terrorist attack.
Idiots.
Michael Moore proved that bet and made a cool $100 Million Dollars off liberals!
"Most people"
what - 50 liberal dimwits polled?
Just another bullshit pole.
Just another bullshit pole.
"Does anybody here really think the average American even knows what the Military Commission act is?"
No, but they know all the details about Brittney Spears' divorce. You know, the important stuff.
I don't want them held indefinitely either. I want them executed.
And 100% of those polled had no clue what the question meant.
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