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Originally posted by Donut:
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Originally posted by MagiK:
Well geez be a little accurate in your description. Those 700 people were not from New York...they were rounded up nation wide....good grief.... 
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Here's what I said:
"These are not the camp X-ray detainees. The are the 750 or so that were detained
mostly in and around New York, mostly of middle eastern descent and mainly muslims. It's unknown how many of them are US citizens."
You can roll your eyes all you want - you can't blame me just because you were wrong again! [/QUOTE]
{Cerek steps in and throws a large bucket of cold water on Donut and Magik}
There now....let's step back and take a breather for a moment. Magik - I don't know what made you think the article referred to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. I didn't see anything there to indicate that myself, so I have to agree with the others that that is a separate issue from this particular discussion.
Donut - As far as accusing Magik of being "wrong again"...you've made a mistake or two yourself. In an earlier post, you asked Magik if we should deny the NY detainees their Constitutional rights just because some of them may not be U.S. Citizens...but as I pointed out to Timber, there is nothing in the article to suggest their rights are being violated. The detainees DO have access to legal counsel. This would seem to imply that they are also facing criminal charges that necessitate legal representation. The only thing the article is complaining about is that the names of the detainees and their lawyers are not being made public knowledge.
Sorry, but there is no part of the U.S. Constitution that requires the gov't to provide "full disclosure" of an ongoing investigation. The substance of the article suggests that these detainees are facing charges and they do have attorneys representing them in the face of these charges...so there is no implied "denial of Constitutional rights".
Now then, let's ALL try to get back to arguing the points of the discussion rather than the attacking the people participating.