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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ted, I don't think it is speculation that habeas corpus
provisions are being weakened, explicitly, as regards foreign detainees in the
war on terrorism. Given what seems to be written in the compromise bill,
that also included provisions that were less than President Bush hoped-for on
the re-deining of the Geneva Convention language on what constitutes torture, it
is clear that habeas rights are being eliminated legislatively by the
Congress. We shall see whether the Supreme Court will find those
provisions constitutional. Bruce</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=jeanlivingston@turbonet.com
href="mailto:jeanlivingston@turbonet.com">Bruce and Jean Livingston</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> No Speculation: "Deal" Bans
Habeas Corpus, If It Becomes Law</DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce et. al.</DIV>
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<DIV>I take back my earlier suggestion that I was speculating that the
congressional deal on torture and the Geneva Convention re-write was used to
"sneak" in an undermining of habeas corpus. The facts are plain, whether
you think the slant of the media focus on the issue was a deliberate
smoke screen or not. </DIV>
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<DIV>The media for the most part did not expose in detail the ban on habeas
corpus which disagreed with the Supreme Court ruling in Hamden vs
Rumsfeld. The fact this proposed legislation contradicts this Supreme
Court ruling on how habeas corpus applies to detainees caught up in
prosecuting the war on terror should have been headlines. Either the
media was deliberately irresponsible, or... as often, just chasing the
rating/advertising revenue game, again the public in the USA is oblivious to
critical issues the US Congress is deciding on human rights issues, in a
decision that contradicted the US Supreme Court. </DIV>
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<DIV>If the article below is correct (see also the posted information from the
"Institute For Public Accuracy" today on Vision2020 subject headed "Habeas
Corpus & the Amnesty-For-Torturers-Act?"), the congressional deal on
"torture," while upholding aspects of the Geneva Convention, as it was
portrayed in the media, included undermining of habeas corpus, allowing
indefinite detainment (life in prison?) under suspension of habeas corpus,
contradicting the Supreme Court ruling in Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld: </DIV>
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<DIV><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/nhentoff.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/nhentoff.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Quote from the article at the web link above:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There was considerable applause -- and much concern by the president and
his supporters -- when the Senate Armed Services Committee passed a bill more
in line with the Geneva Conventions than the president's proposals. But Sens.
John Warner, John McCain and Lindsey Graham also included prohibition of
habeas corpus petitions by detainees -- contrary to this June's Supreme Court
decision that federal courts have the authority to hear their claims on the
lawfulness of their imprisonment and, and conditions of treatment (Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld). <BR> </DIV>
<DIV>And if the prohibitions on habeas rights become law -- the prisoners can
be held for the rest of their lives on the secret evidence and the coerced
interrogations that the three senators tried to remedy in their bill. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ted Moffett<BR> </DIV>
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