According to the standards of the time, spies were hanged as illegal combatants. Both British Law and American Law ( Mostly based on British law) subsequently Hung them after a speedy Military Tribunal.
2007-05-11 00:21:48 · 17 answers · asked by ThorGirl 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Fox >>>I was getting the Information from the War of 1812 Hardly before the constitution.....
2007-05-11 01:20:36 · update #1
Andrew please read the 1942 Quirin case. It is before Iraq 1 and After the American Revolution...................
2007-05-11 01:23:49 · update #2
These 6 terrorists from New Jersey pose a situation in which the country has never been in before. We are fighting a war against a non-state. It's like a war against the Mafia or the KKK.
Personally, I think as you do. They should just be shot. But, how are these people any different than members of the KKK who have been brought to justice for crimes against humanity?
I had thought the Patriot Act gave the president the power to decide the fate of these individuals. I'm fine with leaving it up to the President. I sure don't want to see them go to trial and set free because of slick lawyering.
2007-05-11 00:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by Perplexed Bob 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
because our definition of "illegal enemy combatants" is far different from spies back then.
A spy is a person acting in an official government/military capacity, but in disguise.
An "illegal enemy combatant" in our current conflict is poorly defined, and often not an enemy at all!
In the american revolution, many colonial fighters were not uniformed, and used tactics that might be called "terrorist" by our current standards. It's fiction, but " the patriot" movie is a prime example.
2007-05-11 00:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
At one time it became right into a Christian us of a and a White Male us of a. If George Washington became right into a Deist and believed that God took no area in His introduction, then why can we've a image of Washington praying to God? Many Masons seen themselves to be Christian because of the fact they knew no better. Masons are an extremely secret company and you do no longer even comprehend what you're doing till you get a techniques up and into the suitable management. yet another factor Masons did became into make honorary contributors of each and every well-liked guy or woman. 0.5 of the human beings did no longer comprehend in the event that they have been being slapped in the face or commemorated.
2016-11-27 02:30:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time of the revolution justice for sabotures was instant! The terror suspects are committing an act of war, and have no rights to due process, in war sabotures and spies are exectued without trial
2007-05-11 02:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spies were hanged as spies, actually, under rules that govern warfare. This "enemy combatant" designation was made to avoid the Geneva conventions that cover war, and to circumvent our rules and laws.
The definition of espionage is pretty specific. Kind of hard to claim that someone in another country openly training in a militia is engaging in deception and espionage.
Plus, when you take into account the fact that most of the people we detained were never accused of anything, let alone spying, that makes your comparison more absurd.
What the Founding Fathers wrote into the Constitution is that the President's #1 job, not Bush's invented "protect Americans," was to faithfully execute our laws. Not to interpret (judicial branch) and decide what he likes. He has willfully ignored our laws, has done things directly contrary to our laws, and has violated treaties, which, according to the Constitution, have the full weight of US laws when they are ratified.
Clearly you have been listening to right wing talking points instead of learning history and civics.
2007-05-11 01:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Apples and Oranges. You can't contrast what was legal before the United States existed or what was not constitutional to standards adapted afterwards. Under the Constitution we have habeas corpus protection . This applies to anyone held by the US. And for what its worth the MCA passed last October is a menace to Americans as a whole. I am thinking and hopeful we will change it once we are rid of the Bush administration. If Bush can deem anyone liable to arrest with out due process, the safety and security of all Americans is compromised.
2007-05-11 00:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Morgy: the trial was for show, they did not have to prove you were a spy as much as you had to prove you weren't. and guess what? most people could not.
this is why people want to change history, it does not fit in to their "idealized" views.
But please do not confuse them with facts, you will hurt their feelings. and it is hard enough finding a good seat at Starbucks with out more upset lefties sitting around discussing how they feel for hours at a time.
2007-05-11 00:35:34 · answer #7 · answered by Stone K 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What would our forefather have done to perceived captured terrorists back in the 1700s?
They would have killed them. Wartime in those early days, was even more harsh and brutal.
2007-05-11 00:39:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
revisionist history, if we control the past we control the future, if we control the future we control the present.
and a good portion of the BIG LIE
silly little commies.
2007-05-11 16:04:03 · answer #9 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Traitors are hanged when found guilty by the courts.
2007-05-11 00:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋