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Thompson: Due process for bin Laden
Yahoo News/ The Associated Press ^ | 09/10/2007 | JIM DAVENPORT

Posted on 09/10/2007 3:02:19 PM PDT by plain old dave

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson said Monday that while Osama bin Laden needs to be caught and killed, the terrorist mastermind would get the due process of law.

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To: plain old dave

A Hellfire missile seems like adequate due process for OBL.


21 posted on 09/10/2007 3:10:15 PM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Reflexes are slow today.


22 posted on 09/10/2007 3:10:31 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: Greg F

No way. Torture the heck out of him and get info.


23 posted on 09/10/2007 3:11:18 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

That was quick!


24 posted on 09/10/2007 3:12:16 PM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: plain old dave
Hey, Newbie:

Same as all the others who know Thompson is the only formidable, electable candidate, you can wish in one hand, and crap in the other.

25 posted on 09/10/2007 3:12:18 PM PDT by traditional1 ( Fred Thompson-The ONLY electable Republican Candidate)
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To: SmithL

Well, one thing that seperates us from Islamic countries and terrorist IS that we have due process.

Just think if Hillary could get away with not having due process?

So, as much as we hate it, it is probably a good thing to maintain.

That is Fred’s point.


26 posted on 09/10/2007 3:12:43 PM PDT by whitedog57
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To: plain old dave

Welcome to FR you reactionary bastard.

And I mean that as a complement.


27 posted on 09/10/2007 3:12:59 PM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: counterpunch
Then why are the other enemy combatants not getting due process? The ones at Gitmo, who are to be tried by military tribunal?

Excuse me if I'm confused but I thought Bush has been arguing against due process for terrorists since the git-go.

28 posted on 09/10/2007 3:13:33 PM PDT by Millers Cave
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To: All

Looks like plain old dave is gone. But not forgotten!


29 posted on 09/10/2007 3:14:01 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: plain old dave

Welcome to FR Dave.
Nice try.
Click.


30 posted on 09/10/2007 3:14:39 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Clara Lou

The ACLU-run federal courts have already ruled that the Gitmo inmates must be treated according to the Geneva convention, despite the fact that they are illegal combatants and do not serve in the army of any signatory to the convention. Thompson should clarify wheter he will treat bin Laden according to the rules of the Geneva Convention.


31 posted on 09/10/2007 3:15:23 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: trisham

Looks like plain old dave is gone. But not forgotten!
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That was quick.


32 posted on 09/10/2007 3:16:24 PM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: Greg F
I’m sure we’ll all remember him fondly.
33 posted on 09/10/2007 3:17:06 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

We’d do it just like we did Saddam.

Have him tried by Afganistan for crimes, then stone him or somesuch.


34 posted on 09/10/2007 3:17:17 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: plain old dave

I thought the reward was dead or alive. If someone wants to take the trouble to bring him in alive, I got no problem with them due’ing the process before hanging him high. A demonstration of justice for a guy who’s got a heavy debt owed to this country. But dead or alive means dead or alive.


35 posted on 09/10/2007 3:17:23 PM PDT by rhombus
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

You Paulophiles are sooooo transparent.


36 posted on 09/10/2007 3:17:26 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: trisham

37 posted on 09/10/2007 3:17:53 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: traderrob6

Sorry LM that was directed at po Dave.


38 posted on 09/10/2007 3:18:13 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: All

Guys, give me a break. The guy just posted an article and asked a question. Not being a lawyer myself even I was puzzled by this statement until I read the posts.


39 posted on 09/10/2007 3:18:25 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Boycott FReeper Petronski's Wyler's! Insist on Kool-Aid! The best refreshment for Paulistinians)
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To: plain old dave

The man is running for POTUS, and you want him to say that he’s in favor of suspending due process in certain cases. Are you really that ignorant, or are you propagandizing? Either way, anybody who’d WANT a POTUS that agreed to what you’re suggesting is spouting the same “standard leftocrat bilge” you mention.


40 posted on 09/10/2007 3:18:37 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand
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