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[Rumsfeld:] >We have them in Guantanamo, they're being examined and >interrogated by an interagency process. The president has >several ways he can proceed. He can put them into an >Article 3, United States Article 3, our Constitution, >court; he can establish a military commission and try >them that way; or he can keep them for the duration of >the war and keep them off the street so they don't kill >other people. > >Now, everything that is being done is being done legally >and properly. Art 3 Sec 2 says: "The trial of all Crimes, excet in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such place or Places as the COngress mau by Law have directed." Trial?? Jury?? If a crime was committed then there is no choice; if no crime was committed than Article 3 is irrelevant. If the prisoners taken from Afghanistan are charged with a crime then where is the US court which would have jurisdiction? I don't see where it says that abiding by the Constitution is at the option of the president. Article 3 concerns the judiciary branch, not the executive. Rumsfeld is apparantly aking this stuff up as goes -- as usual. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk