David, should the law governing the detainment of these prisoners fall under American law, though they're not Americans, or under the Geneva conventions, though they're not enemy combatants by Geneva standards?

Bo I think you are missing the point. The point is not one of law, but American principles, something which seems to have been lost. How many stories need to appear of abuses at these "discreet" locations. How many innocents are being held with no due process of any kind, American or International.

Makes one wonder why some Right Wingers get all foamy at the mouth at comparisons to Nazism? I mean other than Bush Cronies who benefit from "assummed innocence," anyone else is fair game for the ole' Gulag treatment.

Maybe because it wasn't the Nazis who ran the Gulags, but the Communists?

The Nazis hated the Communists, and vice versa. Might be nice to keep your analogies straight.

Well Don buddy, I am sure you know that I know the difference, but concentration camps seemed a bit extreme for what we know at the moment, so I did not take the Meme to that concussion. I am well aware of what a Gulag is, have read SOLZHENITSYN, and having likewise read the post Soviet era reports of Soviet totalitarianism. I am also aware of what fascism is, and what we have become is a closeted fascist state that puts up with human rights abuses in the name of State Security.
It might be nice if you would not take one word from a post and try to discredit it based on semantics, rather than the ideas expressed, but then again, I have come to expect that level of discourse from those who would defend that which is indefensible.

You know what, I have appologize Don. I just saw your most recent post at your blog, and you are not the foaming at the mouth type. Good post...

De Nada. I do try to keep the foaming to a minimum.

I don't mean to be excessively snarky, David, but "due process" of what exactly? Under what legal process should illegal combatants fall? There is no over-reaching international legal standard, nor is there any extention of American Law or the Geneva Convention that would cover them.

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