Go read…
Glenn Greenwald: The Military Commissions Act in action
There is no greater betrayal of the core principles of American political life than to have the federal government sweep people off the streets, throw them into a black hole with no contact with the outside world and no charges asserted of any kind, and simply keep them there for as long as the President desires…
The Military Commissions Act isn’t just something that sounds bad on paper; possibly innocent people are rotting in solitary confinement right now, and if they are innocent, nobody will ever know because now they can’t even call a lawyer. Click the link to read one story, about someone that was in the US legally with his family, was arrested, then was about to go to trial when the President decided a trial would be too much trouble and sent him into a black hole.
Happily, I have a new Democratic senator I can write to about this, and have some hope that he’ll care.