Who represents the detained? Nobody...

[Declan McCullagh]

Yawn. I never claimed to do original research in this area; I've been 
writing about other stuff for the last five weeks. My comments were based
on news reports and statements by groups like the ACLU.

Of course it's easy for "Anonymous" to rant and spew. Doesn't mean we
should listen.

-Declan


On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 02:40:00PM -0700, Anonymous wrote:
> It's nice that there's a forum available to you 
> where you are free to assert and assume whatever 
> you wish, without the inconvenience of any 
> substantiation.
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >Naturally the thin legal fiction of having a lawyer technically
> >representing you, no matter whether you've been able to speak with him
> 
> They were allowed to speak
> 
> >or exchange any useful information, 
> 
> How do you know what information was discussed?
> 
> >makes any brutal prison regime
> >an acceptable one. No matter that the Washington Post article, which
> >started this thread, did not say that all post-Sep.11 detainees have
> >lawyers, and there is reason to believe some do not.
> 
> You are free to believe whatever you wish.  But that's not a
> standard of proof that means anything.
> 
> Personal belief, supposition, unsubstantiated assertion.  
> I'm glad we're not talking about anything like you'd
> see in a star chamber or brutal prison regime.  Glad
> you exhibit a pristine standard of evidence in
> contrast to those you revile.  Hypocrite.
> 
> 
> >
> >-Declan
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 12:55:00PM -0700, Anonymous wrote:
> >> >>>They HAVE representation, and I don't THINK the