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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:00 AM

The paralyzing fears of the Right

One of the nation's most stalwart war supporters will plan his vacation to avoid 17 Chinese Uighurs.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Wednesday, June 10, 2009 05:38 PM

    omooex

    ...it was stated quite candidly at the time and since that we were placing detainees outside of the continental US so that we could place them far from the protections of our legal system.

    Coincidentally - this is really upsetting the right at the moment (though it's not clear yet whether or not it's true):

    A senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing the Obama administration of quietly ordering the FBI to start reading Miranda rights to suspected terrorists at U.S. military detention facilities in Afghanistan.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/10/lawmaker-says-obama-ordered-fbi-read-rights-detainees

    Also see: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjBhMTRhNGJiZDA0YjcyYWM1MzlmNTMwZTRiYmJjYmQ=

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/06/miranda_rights_for_terrorists.asp

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