Obama releases terrorist

[Natan]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/23/us/ricin-suspect-released/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Should have had him assassinated by drone and called it "case closed". Or send him to Gitmo, who cares about evidence or his case. There would even be no case.

 

[Mudcat]

They released him, because he apparently is innocent of any wrong doing... Okay, so what?

 

[Natan]

Okay, so what?

Maybe it shows the dangers of drone assassinations and sending people to places where they have no proper legal representation?

 

[Travis]

Drones, of course, are a last resort in places where we can't arrest the person in question.

I agree with you on holding people without legal representation.

 

[SezMe]

Drones, of course, are a last resort in places where we can't arrest the person in question.

Sadly, that is not correct.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Sadly, that is not correct.

My understanding is that no one cares as he isn't a us citizen. They only seem to care when citizens are treated as such.

 

[Natan]

My understanding is that no one cares as he isn't a us citizen.

The younger Tsarnaev is a citizen and there are nonetheless calls to send him to Gitmo. That would be a very dangerous precedent.

 

[Natan]

Although filling Gitmo with Elvis impersonators and mimes might not be that bad after all...

 

[Mike!]

Although filling Gitmo with Elvis impersonators and mimes might not be that bad after all...

Well they are known natural enemies.

 

[Travis]

Sadly, that is not correct.

Last I checked most of Yemen is not exactly.....friendly territory.

 

[squealpiggy]

Wait a second, a guy is arrested on suspicion of a crime and is then released when it becomes apparent he didn't do it... what's the scandal here?

 

[Ziggurat]

A possibly similar case from the past: Barbara Joan March. Framing someone with threatening letters has been done before.

 

[eeyore1954]

Drones, of course, are a last resort in places where we can't arrest the person in question.

I don't believe that is really true and even if it was does that justify it? I am amazed at the number of people who give the drone bombings a pass.

 

[eeyore1954]

Wait a second, a guy is arrested on suspicion of a crime and is then released when it becomes apparent he didn't do it... what's the scandal here?

As I understand it the scandal being posited here is what if the person hit with a drone bomb is also not guilty. Oops it is too late they are already dead.

 

[Courier]

What terrorist charges was he convicted of?

Oh, I see, the OP is a strawman.

 

[eeyore1954]

What terrorist charges was he convicted of?

Oh, I see, the OP is a strawman.

He was never convicted of anything but yet we drop a bomb on him.

 

[BenBurch]

Maybe it shows the dangers of drone assassinations and sending people to places where they have no proper legal representation?

No. And no.

You really had to torture this poor story to make a lame point?

 

[BenBurch]

I don't believe that is really true and even if it was does that justify it? I am amazed at the number of people who give the drone bombings a pass.

I don't give them a pass, but compare to bombing a factory during a war?

What ethical considerations are there which would be different?

US Citizens getting killed? We bombed Nagasaki and there were American POWs there.

Innocent civilians getting killed? Happens every day in wars around the planet.

You need to tell me in what way making war with a UAV controlled by responsible officers in a remote place is different from making war with a B-52 from 80,000 feet?

 

[Ziggurat]

You need to tell me in what way making war with a UAV controlled by responsible officers in a remote place is different from making war with a B-52 from 80,000 feet?

Maybe he's worried about Skynet.

 

[Brown]

The suspect himself credited Jesus Christ for his release.