[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Chewbacca: Did anyone catch the prosecution of Jose Padilla in yesterdays press conference? A whole laundry list of accusations have been leveled upon Padilla in a venue where the accused has no reasonable chance to defend themselves. And before anyone starts tossing around ignorant accusations of terrorist supporter my way, I would love to see Padila in court to face his accusers and answer these charges and, if found guilty by judge or jury, appropriately punished. The way justice is supposed to work here. Justice in America doesn't happen in press conferences, but in F'n courtrooms. Links

For the last two years, there have been numerous threads on this forum regarding the enemy combatants being held without being charged. And the recurring demand was "Tell us what crimes these people are accused of. Tell us WHY they are being held indefinitely and what justification the U.S. Gov't has for doing so".

And now you are upset with Deputy Attorney General James Comey for doing just that.

That's no different than the police bringing in a suspected murderer and holding a news conference to announce that the person is going to be charged with the murder of Jane Doe. The accused WILL get a chance to answer those charges in a court of law eventually, but it does not violate their right to justice for the authorities to hold a press conference detailing what charges they are being held on and/or will face in court.

And it especially is not a violation of the persons right to justice when a Senate Committee AND the general public have repeatedly made demands that they be told exactly what crimes these enemy combatants are being charged with and the Deputy D.A. holds a Press Conference to comply with those demands.