U.S. Panel Reverses Pentagon on 'Enemy Combatant'

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. Panel Reverses Pentagon on 'Enemy Combatant'
Mon Dec 20, 2004 02:50 PM ET

By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military panel has for only the second time reversed a Guantanamo prisoner's "enemy combatant" designation by the Pentagon, and the man will be released, Navy Secretary Gordon England said on Monday.

England declined to say the decision meant the Pentagon had erred in deeming the man an "enemy combatant," the classification under which non-U.S. citizens are held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The designation does not guarantee rights normally accorded to prisoners of war, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year led to the creation of panels to review the status of hundreds of foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo.

"I don't think there's a right or wrong answer to this," England, who oversees the panels, told a news briefing when asked whether the Pentagon was admitting error.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7143021

[knowbody0]

1. george said today

he has a right to these tribunals. he appears to enjoy this power, to him they have no rights. where is congress?

[movonne]

2. No doubt about it is enjoys this power over people. (sick) He has

a very mean streak...

[Just Me]

3. The question which should be brought to the SCOTUS,...

,...is whether or not the executive is constitutionally authorized to set up military camps either within or outside U.S. borders designed for the purpose of forcing other human beings, through physical torture and psychological operations (brainwashing) to become intelligence-gathering "slaves" for the U.S. government?

[daleo]

4. Lucky man, got reclassified as human

Now he has some of the rights that Jefferson claimed all humans have.

[Just Me]

5. Which "rights" are you referring to?

Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness?

,...as opposed to violent imposition of corporatists' version of "freedom" (work for me or die) and the best "democracy" a "plutocratic/fascist regime" can buy?

[daleo]

7. Definitely thinking of those old-timers like Locke, Jefferson

And even such anachronisms as the Magna Carta and Habeous Corpus (I hope I spelled all those correctly).

[Just Me]

6. I just can't let this one go *LOL*!!!

:kick:

[Moderator]

8. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1086601