You know, if people are criminals, they deserve a trial so that the world can see justice.

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You know, if people are criminals, they deserve a trial so that the world can see justice.

Mary Anne — 1/23/2009 8:51:14 PM (archived)

If we want to hide behind "intelligence and security", maybe the French can lend us any remaining plans of the Bastille, so we can build a political prison with a little historical cachet.

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Anyone have any ideas on what to do with terror suspects - Jody - 1/23/2009 4:09:03 AM
- Give them all quick trials. Shoot the guilty and release the rest. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/27/2009 1:36:56 AM
- What to do... - mip - 1/24/2009 2:04:06 AM
  - You sound like Lee.... - Lindy - 1/25/2009 3:31:04 PM
    - Let's send them to Lindy's house. - Lee - 1/25/2009 3:54:12 PM
      - Calm down Lee - Lindy - 1/25/2009 4:33:32 PM
        
        re: Calm down Lee - ella - 1/30/2009 2:32:35 PM
        
        That's some nice backpeddling, Lindy. - Lee - 1/25/2009 5:58:46 PM
        
        What separates the men - Lindy - 1/26/2009 12:07:56 AM
  - Send them to Re-hab - carl - 1/24/2009 6:14:24 PM
    - Rather than rehab... - Eri - 1/24/2009 8:44:15 PM
- re: Anyone have any ideas on what to do with terror suspects - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/23/2009 10:42:54 PM
- Try them as war criminals if that might stick, otherwise treat them as POWs in a US base - or send them home. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 1/23/2009 6:45:19 PM
- I was not being glib...what *are* the alternatives? (n/t) - Jody - 1/23/2009 5:40:01 PM
  - And I wasn't being flippant. - RobVG - 1/24/2009 2:37:33 AM
    - Well, as long as we're planting chipsl.... - Eri - 1/24/2009 5:02:07 AM
      - That's just diabolical. I like it. (n/t) - RobVG - 1/24/2009 5:17:11 AM
  - I think you're simply asking the wrong people - McFly - 1/23/2009 6:28:03 PM
    - oh... - Jody - 1/23/2009 8:18:35 PM
      - But there *are* alternatives - McFly - 1/24/2009 2:38:02 AM
        
        I might try to pen a Canada Goose Brief - Eri - 1/24/2009 5:04:38 AM
        
        LOL! (n/t) - McFly - 1/26/2009 3:14:32 AM
    - "Obama knows. Don't doubt." (n/t) - TB - 1/23/2009 6:52:33 PM
      - Who are you quoting? (n/t) - McFly - 1/24/2009 2:04:38 AM
      - Even Obama doesnâ€™t know - SteveS - 1/23/2009 7:31:37 PM
        
        re: Even Obama doesnâ€™t know - Lindy - 1/25/2009 4:43:17 PM
  - They've got nothing. - TB - 1/23/2009 5:48:14 PM
    - Why, only today I saw that Victor Hanson - Tony - 1/23/2009 8:14:32 PM
    - They've got torture victims. That complicates everything. - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 8:09:03 PM
      - Yeah, that's it. - TB - 1/23/2009 8:37:31 PM
        
        If they are guilty as you point out, then why are they being let go? - Tony - 1/23/2009 9:07:23 PM
        
        Their identity is not the issue. Ours is. - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 8:47:27 PM
        
        "To abandon the law in a nation of laws abandons the nation" - Lindy - 1/25/2009 4:54:42 PM
        
        re: the issue - TB - 1/23/2009 8:50:28 PM
        
        Baloney - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 8:59:34 PM
      - Thank You!!! - Jody - 1/23/2009 8:22:36 PM
        
        There are intelligence and security issues too - TB - 1/23/2009 8:38:30 PM
        
        You know, if people are criminals, they deserve a trial so that the world can see justice. - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 8:51:14 PM
        
        I'll tell you the truth: all the alternatives scare me. - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 8:38:02 PM
        
        I am beginning to understand... - Jody - 1/23/2009 8:59:37 PM
        
        It's not hope so much. - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 9:09:05 PM
        
        I have to smile. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2009 4:16:57 AM
        
        Do or not do. There is no "try". (n/t) - Mary Anne - 1/30/2009 7:02:20 PM
        
        Maybe... - Jody - 1/24/2009 2:51:28 PM
        
        Of course you're smiling. It's typical when someone lies. - azstrummer - 1/24/2009 2:50:44 PM
    - ah.....now I *get* it. Thanks TB... (n/t) - Jody - 1/23/2009 6:05:31 PM
      - Something you might want to check out. - TB - 1/23/2009 8:49:19 PM
- Take TWO OLD 737's With American Airlines LOGOS still attached - carl - 1/23/2009 5:23:02 PM
- Can the US imprison all who hate the US? Do we turn domestic prisoners loose? - Bowser - 1/23/2009 6:02:06 AM
  - They hated us long before Gitmo - SteveS - 1/23/2009 5:23:48 PM
    - All of them? Are you sure? - Mary Anne - 1/23/2009 8:19:44 PM
      - Hey, hold on there - SteveS - 1/26/2009 3:59:18 PM
        
        Ah! Common ground! - Mary Anne - 1/30/2009 7:00:55 PM
- Try them and hang them. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/23/2009 5:55:48 AM
  - I know you meant "Try them and if found guilty, hang them." - Tony - 1/23/2009 7:43:30 PM
    - Yes Tony - Lindy - 1/25/2009 5:09:42 PM
- Easy, put a chip in and let them go. (n/t) - RobVG - 1/23/2009 5:30:10 AM
  - re: Easy, put a chip in and let them go. - Lindy - 1/25/2009 5:15:27 PM
- Give them citizenship. Then let them join the military, and base them naer San Francisco, Chicago, D.C., and NYC. (n/t) - Lee - 1/23/2009 4:29:16 AM
- Make 'em swim home. (n/t) - Eri - 1/23/2009 4:24:16 AM
  - Feed 'em PEANUT BUTTER Crackers - carl - 1/23/2009 5:27:44 PM
    - Says one who's never had food poisoning! (n/t) - Eri - 1/24/2009 5:14:17 AM

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