Michael Ratner on the Gulag at Guantanamo

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Description: At a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Michael Ratner denounces the U.S. prison at Guantanamo, as "an off-shore penal colony." He is the Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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ratsavaelane ::: Favorites The speaker could be reminded that the handling of prisoners by the US has become increasingly soft over time. During WWII, German saboteurs caught in the US were tried by military tribunals and electrocuted. Also, in the aftermath of WWII, the US routinely executed Nazi insurgents in Germany. Terrorists should be handled this way today. 07-02-05 22:58:58 _____________________________________________________
ratsavaelane ::: Favorites Gross exaggerations rarely bear fruit. I recall the recent comparison of our men to Gulag guards and SS by Senator Durbin. My parents have both lived under Communism and Nazism (they are from Eastern Europe). One relative died at Dachau and two others in the Gulag. A characterization of GTB in this way simply strips the speaker of any credibility. Tell a little lie and nothing else you say can be believed. 07-02-05 22:16:18 _____________________________________________________
jmurphy914 ::: Favorites If you knew me you would feel ridiculous saying that irrelevant rant to counter a fact. Argue the facts please +don't accuse me of stepping on OUR 1st Amnd. Right! (which is almost gone anyway thnx to unelected tyrants!) you STILL don't know what a Gulag was. Comparing GTBay 2 1 is just ridiculous! Soviet C.War Russian prisons were NOT like GTB in ANY way! 07-02-05 06:28:36 _____________________________________________________
professorfumble ::: Favorites Yes, you are so right. What right do we have to complain about such trivial things as due process, the presumption of innocence, habeas corpus and other such nonsense? We don't need that stuff anymore. After all, without benefit of evidence, trials or lawyers or any of that other pesky constitutional crap, we know these are "bad guys" we are putting away for life. Americans, just shut up and obey the state- it's for your own "safety!" 07-02-04 17:21:25 _____________________________________________________
jmurphy914 ::: Favorites If you want to protest our Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison, which is where we send war prisoners, not Americans, you would do well to look up what a Gulag was before calling Guantanamo one. It is nicer than any American prison, they are treated like kings. In the Gulags of Russia, they were worked and starved to death. You hurt your own cause by using this stupid label. 07-01-16 10:14:27 _____________________________________________________