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Publius analyzes the new Bush military commissions bill.

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Have you heard about the Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act? Meanwhile, the bill recently introduced by Joe Lieberman and John McCain -- the so-called "Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act" -- now has 9 co-sponsors, including the newly elected…
Publius has an interesting hypothesis about the way the torture/Geneva convention issue may blow back into BushCo face. Publius has been over optimistic before, but do you think he is overoptimistic now? My feeling was that the split between two alternative military commission bills was a ruse -…
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