Finally, this is what I've been waiting for...
“I take a backseat to no one when it comes to protecting this countryfrom terrorists,” Sen. Dodd said. “But there is a right way to do thisand a wrong way to do this. It’s clear the people who perpetrated thesehorrendous crimes against our country and our people have no moralcompass and deserve to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Butin taking away their legal rights, the rights first codified in ourcountry’s Constitution, we’re taking away our own moral compass, as well.”
The Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act:
* Restores Habeas Corpus protections to detainees
* Narrows the definition of unlawful enemy combatant to individuals who directly participate in hostilities against the United States who are not lawful combatants
* Bars information gained through coercion from being introduced as evidence in trials
* Empowers military judges to exclude hearsay evidence the deem to be unreliable
* Authorizes the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to review decisions by the Military commissions
* Limits the authority of the President to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions and makes that authority subject to congressional and judicial oversight
* Provides for expedited judicial review of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to determine the constitutionally of its provisions “We in Congress have our own obligation, to work in a bipartisan way to repair the damage that has been done, to protect our international reputation, to preserve our domestic traditions, and to provide a successful mechanism to improve and enhance the tools required by the global war on terror,” Dodd said.
(H/T) Fallen Monk
