Chris is right, they are being treated as prisoners of terrorism. And they are being given the rights they need under the Geniva act. Thanks to the USA Patriot Act (the terrorism law), normal constitutional rights have been forfited. That American Taliban guy... he lost his rights thanks to this act.
Personally I'm torn when it comes to this law. I'm glad that it protects us from such people, but it tramples over several of our rights. What's more frustrating for me is the fact that the majority of our congressmen and senators did not read the bill before they signed it.
"On October 12, the House voted 337 to 79, for a 175 -page bill that most of its members hadn't even had time to read." - The Village Voice, "Terrorizing the Bill of Rights" by Nat Hentoff. Posted Novermber 9th on
www.villagevoice.com. I suggest you read the whole article because it's very interesting.
Ellen in TX
