dirty 9 dirty

October 17, 2006 9:39 AM

S.3930 is a bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes. (via)
posted by nervousfritz (5 comments total)

...and has been discussed here before.
posted by MrMoonPie at 9:45 AM on October 17, 2006

Now, it is 1984
posted by hortense at 9:49 AM on October 17, 2006

FYI, last two links are borked.
posted by Pastabagel at 9:51 AM on October 17, 2006

This discussion comes up a lot, as the fpp notes, but I keep having the feeling not everyone is talking about the same thing.

This isn't 1984. This bill sets out the procedure for putting enemy combatants through a military commission (tribunal). IT has absolutely nothing to do with the people in the disappearedinamerica.org post, because those people aren't enemy combatants. Once you are declared an enemy combatant, you can't be disappeared because you have to go through this procedure. Get it?
posted by Pastabagel at 10:04 AM on October 17, 2006

"c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;"

The Decider has already told us he doesn't know what all that human dignity quaintness talk means. Trust that when he figures it all out, such outrages have something to do with gays getting married or Democrats burning flags.

I’m for impeachment, and water boarding
posted by BillyElmore at 10:05 AM on October 17, 2006