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The Obama justice system

Due process is seen as window dressing to enable the president to detain whomever he wants for as long as he wants

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  • Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:44 AM

    Is it about keeping these guys under wraps so they aren't an embarassment?

    Let's say an innocent young Iraqi man, picked up through some treachery, inter-tribal feud settling or even to falsely claim a US dollar reward, and sent to Guantanamo, tortured continuously by the US military and now broken beyond recognition.

    We send him home in this condition.

    He's now on TV - an endless source of information about US illegal evil behavior.

    You can see how Obama might not want this to happen.

    So - let's just keep him locked up until he dies. Sooner or later, he will. Problem solved, right?

    Empire of Evil, for sure.

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