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Originally Posted by tecoyah
It would seem the issue here is not one of legalities of detention, or justification concerning length of detention. It has become obvious to me we are debating the term, "Illegal Combatant".
The U.S. government can do with these people as it sees fit, and do so legally. So who decides where this label gets placed.....would the unibomber be labelled as such?
If we allow this label to be used with relative abandon....do we not erode our own rights?
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This is the problem. I don't think it's square that the federal government be able to slap this label on someone state side. But as it goes, spies or enemies who hide as such (i.e. terrorists) fall under the status of illegal combatants. Maybe it's time the government be forced to redefine the term, or at least define it in terms so it is applicable in this new day and age.