Wonder Why It's Been A Quiet Five Years On The Home Front?

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Author(s) Ed Morrissey
Source Captain's Quarters
Date September 6, 2006
URL http://captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/007998.php
Quote
Quotes-start.png "If an American POW got put on trial at all, it would violate those conventions under any circumstances and regardless of the evidentiary procedures used. If they got caught out of uniform spying during wartime, they'd most likely get shot, but at any rate would not fall under the protection of the Geneva Conventions -- and most of the people with whom we'd likely go to war have little love for fair trials for anyone, let alone American servicemen." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Act should be passed on the topic Military Commissions Act of 2006.