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According to the Non-Lawerese English translation I heard it was ruled:
A: COngress DID Empower the President to call anyone he wanted an Enemy Combatant weather foreign or domestic(ie. a US Citizen) and to put the bag on them.(grab them and hold them)
B: They could be held without a TRIAL (lawyers, press, Jury) and without specific charges.
C: The subject DOES have the right to a "HEARING" by a disinterested party (which is good since then if there is a specific person to do the hearings they can get someone with a security clearence who can be vetted) at wich time the Government can show the reason they grabbed the guy in the first place.
All in all this is not much of a terible shot to Bush. It actually makes sense and won't entail security leaks by the press and a pack of lawyers. The guy may have one lawyer or representative present at the hearing...but maybe not...they werent real clear on that part.
[ 06-28-2004, 08:00 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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