A Declaration of War would really firm up a great many ambiguities. Many of the laws, a lot of treaties, all contemplate the good old days when some Prince insulted your country, you declared war and went after the scoundrel, and all his henchmen and subjects and hirelings. "This government wants Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." and all that!jocat54 wrote:JALLEN wrote:Miranda only precludes the use of statements of the accused. Nothing requires throwing out the videos and photos, statements of other witnesses, other evidence gathered, AFAIK.
What is the supposed advantage of military tribunal? These guys aren't soldiers, unlike Major Hassan.
It's not like the good old days when the FBI caught a bunch of Nazi saboteurs sneaking in from a submarine during a declared war, try 'em before a military tribunal and hang them the following week.
And that is really too bad for us at this point..........we (taxpayers) will probably end up supporting both of them for the rest of their lives.
Both need to be executed....now. (well after they get all the answers they need from them)
The easy granting of citizenship messes things up too. As with the drone business, all the BG's have to do is make sure a US citizen is with them as they travel about, and no drone strike can be made because you can't smoke a US citizen with a drone, without due process. I'm a big believer in due process in all its many ramifications, but we muddle things up with promiscuous grants of citizenship and no declarations of war.