Another Travesty

Along with having to bear the heavy shame that an American President and his minions are proponents of torture, our country has another horrendous blow to it's once leading image in the world. Senator Lindsey Graham had a question for Miss Condie:

In a letter sent Friday to Condoleeza Rice, the secretary of state, Mr. Graham also took issue with a provision of the administration’s approach that would allow the use of secret evidence in trials of terrorism suspects.

"Where in American jurisprudence do you find support for the concept that a person accused can be tried and convicted on evidence which that person has no opportunity to see, confront or rebut?” Mr. Graham wrote.

And from The Washington Post:

Another dispute centers on trials for terrorism suspects, who in the Bush proposal could under some circumstances be barred from the proceedings and not allowed to view classified evidence against them.

What Bush and his trolls want to do is essentially say someone is a bad guy, send him to jail, and that's all there is to it. We don't like you – goodbye forever. Oh, you want to be present at your trial – sorry fella. What kind of American justice is that?

Senator John Warner has analyzed this sordid mess correctly:

As Mr. Warner left his Senate office on Friday afternoon, he carried a briefcase of material to prepare for a potential legislative showdown in the coming days. At stake, he said, was more than the fate of “these 20-odd individuals,” a reference to the high-level terrorism suspects awaiting possible trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

“It’s how America’s going to be perceived in the world, how we’re going to continue the war against terror,” Mr. Warner said.

Then he showed off the motto on his necktie: “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”

Contrary to Chimpie's breathless little desires, this is not a dictatorship.
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