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Originally Posted by Beebs
Nope, Geneva convention specifically excludes enemy combatants of the type found at Gitmo.
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Yeah, but our Constitution doesn't.
If they are not prisoners of war and subject to the Geneva convention, they are covered by our constitution the minute they are taken into our custody.
Yeah, it's "inconvenient" to have to find crimes and proof and all that, but that's the price of freedom. You don't get to change the rules for convenience. Otherwise, why not just get rid of the 4th amendment altogether!