Truth to Power

Court to Bush: “Enemy Combatant” is gibberish

Court orders release of ‘enemy combatant’ in US

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – President George W. Bush cannot order the military to indefinitely imprison a suspected al Qaeda operative, who is the only foreign national held in the United States as an “enemy combatant,” a court ruled on Monday.

The 2-1 appellate ruling was a major setback for Bush’s contention in the war on terrorism that he has the power to detain people in the United States without charging them.</em>

See George, we have this thing called a Constitution. In fact, you swore to uphold it. Read it sometime.


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