The 'plain' language of the enacted law is most fairly read as not applying to this case, or at the very least is ambiguous. |
The Geneva Conventions were written precisely to make it difficult for political leaders facing political pressure to suspend basic rights and P.O.W. protections. The moment we let a president say he can determine whether someone is a prisoner of war, other countries are going to start doing it back to us. |
This is a military commission that is literally unbounded by the laws, Constitution and treaties of the United States. |
This is not an ordinary criminal trial. This is an ad hoc trial in which all of the procedures are defined by the president. The public interest is best served by this court . . . . setting some limits. |