Shakes here, with the shocking news -- oh my stars and garters! -- that another day brings another Bush administration attempt to do an end-run around the law.
U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.
…The legislation is the administration's response to a June 29 Supreme Court decision, which concluded the Pentagon could not prosecute military detainees using secret tribunals established soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The court ruled the tribunals were not authorized by law and violated treaty obligations under the Geneva Conventions, which established many international laws for warfare.
The administration is thusly seeking to authorize the Pentagon's tribunal system, eliminating the objection that it was "not authorized by law," and arguing that McCain's impotent torture bill "should 'fully satisfy' the nation's obligations under the Geneva Conventions."
You know, sometimes I get the idea that George Bush thinks it would be a heck of a lot easier if America were a dictatorship, just so long as he's the dictator.
