Re: Overheard on the scanner

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful William 
December Starr declared:
> In article <howard-46444F.09094907052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Howard S Shubs <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> 
>>> Then you've been too smugly sure of yourself to pay attention.
>> No, I've been paying attention for quite a while.  They come to
>> the same result
> 
> What result is that?  The Presidential power to make anyone he wants
> disappear into a secret prison?
> 

I'm skeptical of the notion that he can do it to *anyone*. And the 
powers Bush has claimed since 11 September are well grounded in 
precedents set by Roosevelt and especially Wilson.

Nor do I believe that Clinton and Obama will reverse US policy WRT 
Guantanamo -- they might close that particular prison, but the 
people held there will be shuffled elsewhere, possibly into foreign 
jurisdictions. If called on it, they'll give some half-assed 
explanation about how the issue was more complicated than they 
thought before taking office.



-- 
Sean O'Hara <http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
Logan: I thought our story was epic, you know. You and me.
Veronica: Epic how?
Logan: Spanning years and continents. Lives ruined, bloodshed. Epic.
   --Veronica Mars