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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americ
No one is advocating that on the battlefield, we have rules of engagement and rules re. POWs that apply to those situations. We have the ability to have a fair trial in these other cases.
The question is: How do you know that these people are guilty? I would not except the word of a government employee (FBI, CIA etc.) or an informant alone as proof. Both have a financial incentive to make the accused appear guilty. There is a reason why many of the prisoners in Guantanamo have been released.
That's asinine. What is the government supposed to do? Let's take your standard right here and apply it to a traditional war. Would the government have to gather evidence, present that evidence to the court, get an arrest warrant, arrest the enemy, bring the to court, put on a trial of their piers and then, if found guilty, put them back on the battle field and kill them? Is that how you envision this? These people are actively engaging in a war against the United States. They shouldn't be given special treatment just because they are American.
No one is advocating that on the battlefield, we have rules of engagement and rules re. POWs that apply to those situations. We have the ability to have a fair trial in these other cases.
The question is: How do you know that these people are guilty? I would not except the word of a government employee (FBI, CIA etc.) or an informant alone as proof. Both have a financial incentive to make the accused appear guilty. There is a reason why many of the prisoners in Guantanamo have been released.