| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reported U.S. plan to keep some suspected terrorists imprisoned for a lifetime even if the government lacks evidence to charge them in courts was swiftly condemned on Sunday as a "bad idea" by a leading Republican senator.
The Pentagon and the CIA have asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for those it was unwilling to set free or turn over to U.S. or foreign courts, the Washington Post said in a report that cited intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials. Some detentions could potentially last a lifetime, the newspaper said. Influential senators denounced the idea as probably unconstitutional. "It's a bad idea. So we ought to get over it and we ought to have a very careful, constitutional look at this," Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on "Fox News Sunday." |
Lifetime detentions with no formal charges and no trial? We need to look at the constitutionality of this? Please. The foundation of our nation is the rule of law and due process is one of its cornerstones. There's nothing that needs to be considered. Not only is this unconstitutional, it is immoral. We cannot "win" this "war on terror" by destroying the very freedom we're supposedly fighting to protect.
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