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Baraka_Guru · 07-08-2009, 03:16 AM

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Mr. Johnson said such prisoners held without trial would receive "some form of periodic review" that could lead to their release.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a leading Republican on detainee policy, approved. "Some of them will be able to get out of jail because they've rehabilitated themselves and some of them may in fact die in jail," Mr. Graham said. But "I don't want to put people in a dark hole forever" simply "because somebody like Dick Cheney, or you fill in the blank with a politician, said so." [...]

Detainees, Even if Acquitted, Might Not Go Free - WSJ.com

How fun, having to clean up after Bush's dirty work.

07-08-2009, 03:16 AM	#204 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	(Story cont...) Mr. Johnson said such prisoners held without trial would receive "some form of periodic review" that could lead to their release. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a leading Republican on detainee policy, approved. "Some of them will be able to get out of jail because they've rehabilitated themselves and some of them may in fact die in jail," Mr. Graham said. But "I don't want to put people in a dark hole forever" simply "because somebody like Dick Cheney, or you fill in the blank with a politician, said so." [...] Detainees, Even if Acquitted, Might Not Go Free - WSJ.com How fun, having to clean up after Bush's dirty work. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot