Posted on 11/20/2006 9:01:46 PM PST by STARWISE
Former Attorney General Janet Reno and seven other former Justice Department officials filed court papers Monday arguing that the Bush administration is setting a dangerous precedent by trying a suspected terrorist outside the court system.
It was the first time that Reno, attorney general in the Clinton administration, has spoken out against the administration's policies on terrorism detainees, underscoring how contentious the court fight over the nation's new military commissions law has become. Former attorneys general rarely file court papers challenging administration policy.
Suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is the only detainee being held in the United States.
The former prosecutors challenged the Justice Department's right to bring al-Marri before a military commission.
A citizen of Qatar, he was arrested in 2001 while studying in the United States. He had faced criminal charges until authorities designated him an enemy combatant and ordered him held at a naval base in South Carolina.
The Justice Department said in court papers last week that a new anti- terrorism law strips detainees such as al-Marri of the right to challenge their imprisonment in court.
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Some of the eight attorneys named in the document are now in private practice and represent detainees at the military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Most served under President Clinton, though the list includes former U.S. Attorneys W. Thomas Dillard and Anton R. Valukas, who served under President Reagan.
"The existing criminal justice system is more than up to the task of prosecuting and bringing to justice those who plan or attempt terrorist acts within the United States _ without sacrificing any of the rights and protections that have been the hallmarks of the American legal system for more than 200 years," the attorneys wrote.
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Counting the seconds before the pic of Elian G. in the closet is posted (and rightly so.)
PING!
When is this woman going to stop doing harm to our country?
-PJ
Meet Ramsey Clarks new side kick
Janet "for the children" Reno can absolutely kiss my entire backside.
She is dog crap on the bottom of my shoe, vaseline on the doorhandle of my car, a fly that landed in my beer.
Besa mi Cola pendajaha
Janet Reno's so concerned about terrorists.
She didn't give a damn about the children she burned to death in Waco.
Go figure.
Wasn't she AG during the time of Ruby Ridge?
aw jeez....the Clintons are pulling them all out to destroy this country, aren't they?
Those who forget history are bound to repeat it..
Georges Santayana
Good Lord.........what business does she have in today's world?
Clintons must be working the phones..
I think RR was before Waco. In fact I think it was before Clinton.
What they write is true per se, but designed to mislead average civilians into thinking that they are referring to our civilian criminal justice system instead of the entire military, civilian, criminal and civil justice systems.
Military courts/tribunals were used in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, War Between the States, during and after World War Two, as well as in the current War on Terror.
Frankly, we are being generous by allowing even military tribunals. International Law says that non-uniformed combatants may legally be shot on sight. Not captured unless capture is desired. Not given trials. Not given attorneys.
In their quest to attack all things GOP/Conservative (and deliberately hinder our war effort), the Left would order attorneys for every POW...something that even Europe doesn't do.
You're right, ruby ridge happened under George H. Bush's presidency.
Thanks for responding. I just looked on the net it was in August of 92.
Ask her a question from her days as AG and her response is "I don't recall" or "I can't comment on an on going investigation"
She still refuses to answer for her actions
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