Graham: Everyone at Gitmo is an enemy combatant; we can hold them 'forever'

[babylonsister]

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/07/graham-detainees-forever/

Graham Falsely Claims All Gitmo Detainees Are ‘Enemy Combatants,’ Says They Can Be Held ‘Forever’

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Graham is simply wrong in claiming that all Gitmo detainees are “enemy combatants.” Last October, the Bush administration’s Justice Department declared that all 17 Chinese Muslim (Uighurs) prisoners at Guantanamo were no longer to be designated as such. One week later, a federal judge ordered that they be released “because the government provided no proof that they were enemy combatants or security risks.” Yet they still remain there today. In fact, as far back as 2003, the Pentagon concluded that they could be released.

Graham can justify his belief that terror detainees are outside the purview of civilian courts and thus can be held “forever” because he views combating terrorism as “a war,” one that can presumably carry on indefinitely because the concept of “terrorism” will never simply end. But the American criminal justice system is equipped to hold full legal trials while protecting classified evidence and state secrets. Indeed, as Attorney General Eric Holder noted, terror suspects deserve “due process rights that I think are consistent with who we are as Americans.”

[TheEuclideanOne]

1. Can we hold him forever?

He is part of the enemy force

[tomm2thumbs]

2. Hmmm - nation of laws and holding someone 'forever' without trial

do these make you wonder if the entire GOP is gone loony?

[The Wizard]

3. C'mmon Lindsey

Tell us what part you want to hold.

[quidam56]

4. Their Patriotic Holier Than Thou America sure ain't My America,

Your president has soiled my flag and my countries future in history books. It's shameful and disgusting ! http://www.wisecountyissues.com

[PDJane]

5. Why do these ignorant fools get elected?

Who votes for them? How do they manage to stay that ignorant in Washington?

Man, it's scary.

[babylonsister]

6. He's not ignorant. That's today's gop message...

Presenting … The GOP’s New “Keep Terrorists Out Of America Act”!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5610425&mesg_id=5610425

[droidamus2]

7. Maybe this is it

On one ranking I found Graham comes from a state, by the studies criteria, that is the 29th on the 'best educated' list. Why do you think Republicans don't like public education. You let people get educated and think for themselves they might vote for the person that's in their best interest and that probably isn't a Republican.

[stlsaxman]

8. bingo!

[LynnTheDem]

9. 1. FALSE. 2. FALSE.

Another FAIL for the republics.

[Gamey]

10. He simply wants to thump more heads

and piss on them while they burn or be blown to bits. Due process be fucked. He wants to kill!

[soryang]

11. Inside the US means more trials, more subpoenas

More discovery of how far the torture scandal goes.

[alsame]

12. Sadly, I've heard people I know say this too. They want to keep

Gitmo open until all the 'terrorists' there die. No trials, no releases.