Lifetime Detentions

The fifth amendment to the US constitution reads as follows:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Fair trial, due process, and 'innocent until proven guilty' are becoming anachronisms in US and UK law... as is evidenced by this shocking news: Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials.

Bear in mind here we're talking about people that the Administration do not want to put to trial because they don't have enough evidence to convict... rather than subject these people to a fair trial by jury, instead they are imprisoned with little access to their families (and their lawyers), and they are reviewed by a military tribunal that decides upon their status. That's why they're held prisoner in Cuba - a very conscious decision to limit the applicability of domestic and international law. Posse Comitatus is dead - an arm of the military is responsible for both domestic and international 'law enforcement' at Guantanamo.

The whole thing is beyond sickening.