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Originally Posted by Nephythys
I was not aware that foreign enemy combatants or suspects had the same Constitutional Rights as us as US citizens....gee, no, they don't.
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You're absolutely right. They do not have the rights guaranteed to US citizens by the constitution.
They DO have other rights as are outlined in the Geneva Convention, to which the US is a signator.
One of those being freedom from torture. I'll look you up a link to the US involvement in that if you want, but I'm pretty sure you've already seen the stories about that.
They are also guaranteed not to be transferred to another country that uses torture. We've (excuse me, this administration) failed to hold to our agreement in that regard as well.
See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme..._4/4246089.stm
We'll be hearing a lot more about this in the coming days, I fear.