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dksuddeth · 12-06-2005, 07:07 AM

since the story about CIA run secret prisons, or black sites, first broke last month I've had to seriously question the morals and ethics of our government representatives and the people that support them. By US and International treaties/laws secret prisons are illegal, is this correct? If so, should we not, as people of a lawful nation, condemn these 'black sites' and seriously consider prosecution or impeachment? Why, if these elected representatives are sworn to uphold the constitution, are they so interested in pursuing the leak instead of investigating the crimes involved in running these prisons?

Before anyone starts spouting the same type of statements that SecState is using to justify this blatant violation of laws what i'd like to know is should we, as a nation, throw away the lawful nature of our society with the axiom of all is fair in love and war and leave it on the ash heap of history or should we seriously consider these prisons as war crimes?

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dksuddeth Junkie Location: bedford, tx	cia secret prisons, leaks, and the war on terror since the story about CIA run secret prisons, or black sites, first broke last month I've had to seriously question the morals and ethics of our government representatives and the people that support them. By US and International treaties/laws secret prisons are illegal, is this correct? If so, should we not, as people of a lawful nation, condemn these 'black sites' and seriously consider prosecution or impeachment? Why, if these elected representatives are sworn to uphold the constitution, are they so interested in pursuing the leak instead of investigating the crimes involved in running these prisons? Before anyone starts spouting the same type of statements that SecState is using to justify this blatant violation of laws what i'd like to know is should we, as a nation, throw away the lawful nature of our society with the axiom of all is fair in love and war and leave it on the ash heap of history or should we seriously consider these prisons as war crimes? __________________ "no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."