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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
so the governemnt is holding these people without any cogent reason? despicable?
people have been prosecuted under the statute, ask yourself why some others haven't been. maybe it's becasue they are close to my hypo, or the evidence could compromise other intelligence gathering. the downside of being wrong on these issues is huge.
Or maybe it is because the government is completely out of control and just grabbing people out of pure paranoia.
I think the difference in how Ty and I look at my last question frames why we feel differently about the decision.
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If you give a government unchecked power to lock people up, it will abuse that power, out of the best and worst of intentions. Quite possibly, the people who locked up this guy think they're protecting the public. On the other hand, he was in custody for sixteen months before they moved him to military custody, and they did not do this until the trial court set a hearing on his motion to suppress evidence.
More here. You don't need to start tossing around words like "paranoia" to think that the government will get the balance wrong.
