Crypto Terrorists to be Tried in Military Tribunal
"Jürgen A. Erhard"
jae at jerhard.org
Mon Nov 19 10:21:00 PST 2001
>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Broiles <gbroiles at parrhesia.com> writes:
Greg> At 11:14 PM 11/18/2001 -0500, Peter Capelli wrote:
>> Okay, here's a question from a 'stupid fuck'; Did *you* read the order?
>> Check out Section 7 (a) (3):
>>
>> Sec. 7. Relationship to Other Law and Forums.
>>
>> (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to --
>>
>> (1) authorize the disclosure of state secrets to any person not otherwise
>> authorized to have access to them;
>> (2) limit the authority of the President as Commander in Chief of the Armed
>> Forces or the power of the President to grant reprieves and pardons; or
>>
>> (3) limit the lawful authority of the Secretary of Defense, any military
>> commander, or any other officer or agent of the United States or of any
>> State to detain or try any person who is not an individual subject to this
>> order.
>>
>>
>> Now I am not a lawyer, but doesn't that mean that this can be applied to
>> anyone?
Greg> No, it means it's not meant to alter people's pre-existing status vis-a-vis
Greg> detentions or trials; if they didn't include a clause like that, then
Greg> people would argue that the executive order didn't just add to existing
Greg> law, but replaced it, such that previously possible prosecutions would no
Greg> longer be possible since they weren't explicitly permitted in the EO.
Or, to put it in clear laymen's terms: it means this order only gives
them *more* rights, it doesn't take any rights away from LEOs/the govermin'.
Bye, J
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Jürgen A. Erhard (juergen.erhard at gmx.net, jae at users.sf.net)
MARS http://mars.jerhard.org
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple.
After that, it's all learned. -- Bruce Ediger
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