Military Commissions: fair or foul?
Whos side are you on, Davis or Hartmanns?
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Since when can someone in the military "resign?" If that's an option, I think more folks would do it. Dollars to doughnuts that he was canned for threatening defense counsel. Anyone who doesn't think Davis was "fired" is blind. Look at what Davis accomplished during his 2 years - nothing. He was just using this as a stepping stone - too bad he didn't get any work done. As Congress said - prosecutorial incompetence.
From the Cheap Seats @ 5:44 AM PST, Jan 5, 2008
I want MY Bill of Rights back! I agree with Davis.
Coil R Coyle @ 2:31 AM PST, Jan 5, 2008
Kudos to Col Davis for exposing Gen Hartmann as a politico (i.e., Bushie) in uniform. Col Davis goes down with the other prosecutors fired by Bush.
John Q. Public @ 2:34 PM PST, Dec 31, 2007
"Your Honor I Object!!" "I object to the Objection!!" "Whoo Whoo Wooo woo!!" When Cheney growled that if we needed to lawyer up to get NY Jews, he didn't mean the Marx Brothers. You Lawyers can either get out of our ranks, or by God we should quit ourselves of you, then YOU can face Al-Qaeda. I was in Iraq 06-07, and you clowns turned it into a circus. GO AWAY. Silent enem leges intra armas.
Arif Jayish Al Amiriki @ 8:08 PM PST, Dec 29, 2007
it is a military matter. the accused are military detainees and POW. all of these matters should be dealt with according to the UCMJ. anyone who claims the detainees should be granted the same trial rights as US citizens has either a political agenda, or lack of understanding of the purpose and process of a military tribunal.
yadayada @ 9:11 AM PST, Dec 28, 2007
If he was gagged by the military, why is he talking now? Sounds like sour grapes on his part. Especially when you read this report: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2007/Role%20of%20Legal%20Advisor%20to%20OMC.pdf
GoNavy @ 9:38 PM PST, Dec 27, 2007
When COL Davis was fired, why didn't he complain of this - it seems his complaints change as time wears on. Maybe he thinks he missed his chance.
Biz @ 1:28 PM PST, Dec 27, 2007
The Nuremburg trials were transparent, but that occured after the end of the war. The Germans I met from that age group were not impressed, for good reasons. The irony of the prosecution of Germans for the invasion of Poland, while their Soviet collaboraters sat in judgement seemed to hold their eye rather more. One wonders how many witnesses against the Nazis were exposed to the Communists, in furtherance of that transparancy. I submit that their are other values besides transparency.
Don Meaker @ 5:58 PM PST, Dec 26, 2007
Secrecy is the cornerstone of tyranny!
Jim @ 4:45 PM PST, Dec 26, 2007
Justice systems may sometimes fail. But they provide real meaningful tests. It is clear from the Guantanamo documents that the analysis there has had no meaningful sanity checking. We would all be much safer if all the captives for whom there was real evidence of war crimes were tried openly, with all the evidence made public. The real reason Bush Presidency wants to use miilitary commissions for the trials is to keep secrets -- not from the USA's enemies, but from the US public. So the public doesn't learn the true extent Bush authorized torture.
arcticredriver @ 3:41 PM PST, Dec 26, 2007
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