Let us have them
Why does it matter that the US has imprisoned several hundred men without charge and will not justify its actions?
This brilliant analysis by Thom Hartmann says it best.
Habeas corpus is our protection against our rulers. It is a fundamental right -- part of the reason that we submit to governance is that we are protected from its excesses. We are asked to trust in the process of law and we do so in the belief that it is for us just as much as for our masters. (Well, in theory we do so. In practice, we know that law is for the rich and for most of us something to be avoided.) Often people say of repressive laws "The innocent have nothing to fear from this law". Why should you fear carrying an ID card, for example, if you have nothing to hide?
But the men in Gitmo are innocent.
posted by Dr Zen @ 10:57 am
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