Discuss Jonathan Hafetz's Nov. 25 Op-Ed article

What if you, Jamie, were held in stress positions for hours on end, had lights on 24/7, had to endure freezing cold for days on end and interrogated for hours and hundreds of times during your incarceration? Would you feel the same way? Oh, the government of the United States of America has the power to hold you and you must be guilty of something. Therefore the U.S. government has the right to deny you, Jamie, to a trial and hold you until your natural death in a interrogation cell. This is what you are arguing for.

Ken @ 7:51 AM PST, Nov 26, 2008

Sounds terrible to be locked up without constitutional rights. Worse would be to turn a guilty someone we had safely behind bars loose to again create havoc and mayhem of huge proportions. If our legal system weren't so screwed up we wouldn't need such an outrageous measure. Until the basic legal system is overhauled (good luck) we need to keep violating this man's "rights".

Gary @ 10:20 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

The suggestion that there is more to this case than meets the eye, may very well be true. But how would we know? How do we know Bush hasn't been simply locking up political enemies? We don't know because they don't have access to the courts.

William @ 6:54 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

2000 days? Why was this not a very public scandal long before now? Where has our vigilant press been? Reid's case was tracked by the press. Why not this case, which is a comparable subversion of our Constitutional rights to due process.

Siegfried Othmer @ 6:15 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

Most americans will read about these Bush regime crimes and sink into denial, but this is just business as usual for our war criminals. For an astute perspective of the US Government read a 24 page overview of our history as a nation since WWII. It is easily found on the internet, "The Anatomy of the American Empire". This stuff did not start with "W".

Dennis Melvin @ 4:59 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

Holding an US Citizen as an enemy combatant only by the word of the President's mouth is unconstitutional and is not a valid law under the constitution's Bill of Rights". The president has no authority to disregard the protections of the people. Was this "Enemy Combatant" term manufactured to destroy our Constitution?

John Jones @ 2:41 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

Our freedom and our Constitution have been hijacked by this current administration. Somehow we managed to arrest and bring to trial the first World Trade Center bombers. Amazing that we do not have this option anymore! As for jamie's remark - well he just does not get it. If there is more to this story then let's hear it in a court of law. And not have potentially innocent people languishing in prison by a 'dictator's' edict.

Gerald @ 1:07 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

This is beyond belief. Bush should be arrested and held under these conditions. I have complete and utter contempt for Bush and his neo-cronies.

Mike Barrier @ 12:04 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

An emergency review of cases like this one need to be on the top of the "to-do" list of the Obama administration. If he is guilty, he should stand trial. But he should have the opportunity of knowing the evidence against him and presenting a defense.

Robin Kirk @ 12:00 PM PST, Nov 25, 2008

"There is more to this story than just your bleeding heart spin. No one is held like this for credit card fraud. That is a very common crime committed by all sorts of folks." then can you explain why the military destroyed all the interrogation tapes? If they had something, they would've kept them. The most probable reason they destroyed them was that they would've revealed just how bad he was tortured. get going Dumbya, we are now at the level of Hitler, Tojo and Saddam.

Pete @ 10:46 AM PST, Nov 25, 2008

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