DU: Glad suspect given rights; FR: Off to Gitmo!

[MellowDem]

I won't post links to what is being said at FR, you can go see for yourself, but this is why I love DU and why I'm a liberal.

Strangely enough, FR always seems incredibly paranoid about government taking away their civil rights, but when it comes to certain people, they fall head over heals in trashing those rights and can't see the hypocrisy.

The travesty that is Gitmo, the way it trashes our Constitution, is a continuing problem, and what happened today, under a Democratic administration, shows the contrast of the RIGHT way to handle terrorism.

I think our nation, as a whole (not on FR), has matured since 9/11, and terrorist events like this will hopefully no more lead to the populace giving into fear and paranoia to the point of sacrificing our civil rights and liberties.

We are better than "off to Gitmo", and that is why I'm a liberal

[exboyfil]

1. Straight up and down criminal trial

Gitmo is an awful idea (even if you accept the concept).

[alarimer]

2. Conservatives are stupid

I mean, we tried and convicted Timothy McVeigh. Enough said.

[patricia92243]

3. ABC says he was NOT and will not be read his rights.

[politicat]

4. ABC was wrong. The FBI did so. N/T

[patricia92243]

5. They just repeated it. Said Lindsey Graham called the Prez and requested it. I do hope

ABC is wrong.

[politicat]

6. I can't prove it because I don't have the scan on record...

But over the broadcast police mike, I heard part of what sounded like "right to an attorney." It was faint and distant, but the FBI isn't likely to screw up such a high profile case with such a boneheaded move as giving into Lindsey Graham's vapors.

Especially considering it's not even his state.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Abc is wrong.

And so is Lindsey Graham

[backscatter712]

7. Even if the entire nation wanted to, they can't Gitmo him.

IIRC, he's a US citizen (naturalized last year), who committed a crime on US soil.

That means he gets his justice here, not in Gitmo.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. Even a green card holder has rights under the Constitution

Once he/she is inspected and admitted on U.S. soil by U.S. immigration, they fall under the definition of a "person" under the Constitution.