re: #1397 J.S.

As I noted in post number 176: “The Supreme Court has ruled (this goes back to 1856), if the accused has been denied Due Process under the US Constitution — the remedy is Liberty.” And, if the detainees are to be given the same Constitutional rights afforded to Americans, then I see no other alternative but to have every one of the alleged terrorists set free.

The supreme court ruled that they have constitutional rights but they are not exactly the same as the rights afforded citizens. From my recollection, they basically ruled “it’s a matter of degrees, they have rights to not be detained but not the three day rule”.

It’s not obvious to me that detainment by U.S. armed forces starts the clock on “speedy trial”.

To round this out: Eric Holder is a smart guy that is sure to be thinking he doesn’t want to go down in history as the guy who let KSM go. I’m sure he has done the math on whether a guilty verdict is likely, and sees it as pretty well likely.

This isn’t to say this is a show trial, knowing you have a strong case and the confidence of a guilty verdict does not equate to “show trial”.