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...other protections of the civilian U.S. justice system would be denied them. They would be required to use a U.S. military lawyer, for example, and not allowed to see "secret" evidence. For the Brits, what especially rankles is the contrast between these suspects' treatment and that accorded John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" caught in Afghanistan like many Guantanamo inmates but given the full protections of a U.S. court. "Guantanamo is bad enough," says a British official, "but the worst thing is that we fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq and suffered casualties, and in the aftermath...
...empowered to sentence them to death be sent home instead to face British justice. Much of the British public doubts the fairness and legality of military tribunals and of the Guantanamo detentions; they want to know why Britons captured in Afghanistan are denied a civilian trial when John Walker Lindh was tried by a U.S. court; and they oppose capital punishment. Blair and Bush are slated to discuss the matter and release a statement Friday. Blair is being advised by some veteran British politicians to put his foot down on the Guantanamo Brits, precisely because he's widely perceived...
...terrorism?" asks Kelly of the Bar Council. Britain (to fight the Irish Republican Army), Italy (to fight the Mafia) and many other countries have modified their courts to combat terrorists without depriving suspects of so many rights. Especially galling has been the way the Bush Administration treated John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban. Even though he was captured fighting against coalition forces in Afghanistan, he was not deemed an "enemy combatant" like those in Guantánamo, but given the protection of U.S. courts. "Guantánamo is bad enough," says a U.K. official, "but the worst thing...
...spent a shocking amount of time talking about John Walker Lindh and using the word traitor for the first time since the school play in which Peter Brady had to be Benedict Arnold. After 8,000 MSNBC hours of everyone's agreeing that fighting for the Taliban against the U.S. is wrong, the deepest thought anyone came up with was the 40-year-old tautology that Marin County parents are wackjobs...
...scope as being limited to state militias, which has reflected a 1939 Supreme Court decision. As a result, federal prosecutors are being swamped by court motions from defendants who quote Ashcroft in their argument for having federal gun charges against them dismissed. Among them: convicted American Taliban John Walker Lindh...