LAwrence wrote:
I believe that anyone who for any reason comes under American juristiction is entitled to the protection of the US constitution and if accused of any crime should be tried in a proper court of law and either convicted or released. If these poor soules can be handled this way, one day they may turn on innocent civilians, US citizens and declare them terrorists and they will lose all protection under the constitution. God help us then.
This would be a great gift to terrorists - in order to try them in open court and allow them to face their accusers you'd provide great opportunity for them to learn ways and means of intelligence gathering and provide the ability to deter any informants because of the threats to them and everyone they care about. For some reason, many of my fellow Americans seem to favor collective suicide.