re: #351 SixDegrees

As such, the nebulous status of the “enemy combatant” gets tossed, those held retain their right of habeus corpus, and techniques like torture are strictly prohibited. For that matter, any extensive questioning at all is prohibited, beyond establishment of name and rank.

Frankly, I’d much rather have him face ordinary criminal charges - including the ability to plea bargain. I’m certain we’d be happy to offer, say, prayer rugs and a general indication of the direction of Mecca, say, in exchange for whatever slight information someone like this might possess.

The alternative, as I see it, is indefinite detention, suspension of our entire civilization’s legal framework for the last thousand years or so, and…nothing else.

Point #1: As a sabateur/terrorist we have already established the rules governing their detainment and questioning. Those rules are in the army FM 34-52. He isn’t entitled to a lawyer and according to the Geneva convention we’re allowed to hold him as long as we deem him a threat. I’ve already pointed out the CIA isn’t technically held to those standards since they can be given waivers whenever the CiC decides it’s appropriate.

Point #2: Any person held in a civilian system has to be given any number of items required by his religion, which in the federal system would include a prayer rug. I’ve mentioned before that native americans held in the fed system even get sweat lodge privileges.

Point #3 was covered in point #1, we’re allowed to hold him as long as we deem necessary. It wouldn’t hurt my feelings for this guy to get put in a cell until he dies of old age.