Re:The Government Is Keeping a U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked ...
by LyndsySimon on Thursday November 23, 2017 @06:15PM
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> This guy has made himself an unlawful enemy combatant. His choice. No one forced him to join ISIS and participate in genocide.
While I am sympathetic to this perspective, I don't think it's too much to ask that they prove it.
> Do we really expect US soldiers to be trying to mirandize people on the battle field because they might turn out to be US citizens? What about preserving the chain of evidence and securing the crime scene?
No one is saying any of that, that I can see. All that's being demanded is that now that this person is known to be a US citizen, that he be charged with a crime if he's to be held.
While I am sympathetic to this perspective, I don't think it's too much to ask that they prove it.
> Do we really expect US soldiers to be trying to mirandize people on the battle field because they might turn out to be US citizens? What about preserving the chain of evidence and securing the crime scene?
No one is saying any of that, that I can see. All that's being demanded is that now that this person is known to be a US citizen, that he be charged with a crime if he's to be held.