[Osx-nutters] Olbermann is mad about Military Commissions Act

[Chuck Bennett]

On Oct 19, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Stefano Mori wrote:

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> On 2006-Oct-19, at 14:31, Chuck Bennett wrote:
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>> Anyone have a problem with taking an alien enemy combatant to  
>> military court for these crimes?
>
> Does it apply to aliens captured on US soil?
>
> If so, I thought that the military is for fighting the enemy  
> outside your borders. Once they are inside--short of an actual  
> invasion--the police and secret services should handle it?
>
> Stefano
>


It applies.

The rules against using the Armed Forces within the US applies only  
to US citizens.

Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 forbids the military from performing  
civilian law, but I'm sure that an Alien Terrorist caught in the US
would easily fall under the enemy combatant status, no matter who  
actually catches him.

Chuck