New Terrorist Legislation Approved
The US Senate approved new legislation to deal with accused terrorists.
This comes as no surprise to anyone. The US Senate voted 65-34 on Friday after 10 hours of debate to approve the legislation that provides the rules for the US to interrogate and prosecute alleged terrorists.
"As our troops risk their lives to fight terrorism, this bill will ensure they are prepared to defeat today's enemies and address tomorrows threats," Bush said soon after the Senate approved the legislation.
"There is no question that the rush to pass this bill, which is the product of secret negotiations with the White House, is about serving a political agenda," Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy said.
Perhaps, but first it's about being able to continue to wring information out of terrorists to keep them from executing their plans against us. Priorities are priorities.
Kennedy is right about one thing, which is why the comment from him is inserted here: There is a secret, sort of, buried deep within this bill that we aren't being told about. The Supreme Court declared certain activities to be illegal, felonies, that Bush may have ordered done to detainees. So within this bill is a clause that retroactively back to 9/11, releases him and all who obeyed his orders from any criminal prosecution. In other words, in this bill, Bush pardons himself in advance. Just in case the Democrats take over Congress and decide to go for the same sort of hatchet job on Bush that the Republicans did on Clinton.
The GOP should have long ago shut up about Clinton, as they were only setting themselves up for the inevitable takeover and revenge attacks by the Democrats. Now this is becoming a concern. It's already being said that there are a lot of holes in this bill and it could very possibly be overturned by the Supreme Court. If this happened, Congress would immediately be consumed with the attacking of ex-Pres. Bush and his subordinates, instead of focusing in on the real problems facing America.
Labels: Congress, detainees, Supreme Court, Terrorism, U.S. Law
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