"Mr Imadinnerjacket, you are charged with acts of terrorism against the United States and you will be tried by military tribunal as enemy combatant".

"In that case, I'd like to see my lawyer"

"I'm afraid, as a military combatant, you are outside of the remit of the civilian courts and lawyers. A military lawyer will be appointed to you."

"That doesn't seem quite right: will they have access to all the evidence that's being used against me?"

"They will be supplied evidence on a need-to-know basis."

"So, that would be a no then?"

"You could always plead guilty as charged!"

"No, I'll put my faith in at least having the defence of an independently-minded member of your JAG Corps."

"Inde-what?"

"Independently-minded. I was taught that the legal process in your country is free of political inteference, particularly the defence."

"Oh, I can see where there may be some misunderstanding - you're confusing the USA with a country with a fair and impartial legal system whereas we've decided it's easier for people like you to relate to a process that's more like the system in your own country."

"But what about the US Constitution? Three equal arms of government? You know, all that holier-than-thou bullshit you're always trying to lecture us about?"

"It's just advertising - you need to read the fine-print".

Another year of this b.s.? You've got to be kidding. They're getting more and more blatent.

Don't these asswipes ever learn? Gonzo got booted from the DOJ for trying to similarly politicize the justice process and the fallout from that shitstorm has yet to land.

We can be damn sure when these fuckers busy themselves with tweaking the justice system that neither the interests of the american people nor the rule of law is on their minds.

This is being done to send a message to those who might reveal in court evidence of crimes committed against detainees.

Okay, you 'support the troops' types. Time to step up and REALLY support the troops. I challenge you to come with any sort of 'conservative' reason for this power grab. Heck, try to come up with any legitimate reason at all! A REAL conservative would blush at supporting Bush's stab-in-the-back of career military officers.

when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Dems: Now I have to ask: How stupid are you? How many times will you let Bush poke you in the eye and laugh in your face?

you don't have the 67 senate votes? ok. But you have plenty of democrats in the house to start the impeachment trials.

Instead of the Bush$Co smirking in your face, destroying evidence and ignoring your subpoenas, the president is constitutionally required to turn over documents in an impeachment trial.

The evidence will force the senate to convict.

Is there too much self incriminated evidence of democratic graft? Is congress so corrupt that everyone except a few "fools" like Kucinich are on the take? This is what many Americans are now considering.

Don't let the proof you should have impeached be WW III.

When you have a dictator in the WH what do you expect, they already control Congress, the justice department, the CIA FBI and every General and wanna be general that's been invovled with Iraq for the past seven years. Unless you get rid of Bush and Cheney this country is going down the toilet faster then a turd!You reap what you sow, thanks to all those blind, kool aid drinkers that voted these bafoons in, THE GOP is responsible for the demise of our Country, anyone who votes for another Republican is an idiot, and the Democrats aren't looking much better, so basically were doomed.

"Yawohl, mein Führer!"

tHIS MEANS THAT military lawyers will be political appointees subject to approval by the NEOCON COMMICZAR graduates of the pretend christian chruchianity-religionists Universities, those establish by Robertson and Falwell. This is part of Bush and the Republicans implementing a soviet-fascist type government for the USA. This is what they did, the Nazi's and the Stalinist's.

Ask the Vets in VA hospitals what they think about this

particular concern and you will find a deep concern,

almost a hatred, for Bush.

This is one story which should be on the front page

of every American newspaper.

If the Military does not have the balls to tell this administration to fuck off they are no better than the Military of China,N Korea, or The old USSR.
More proof that Chimp thinks the Constitution is just a piece of paper.....

That about figures.

This action would give the Presidency rubber-stamp approval for anything they wanted without any questioning of its legality, and would destroy the individual soldier's ability to confidently refuse to obey an illegal order.

Do not forget that the oath requires that the military "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic".

You must realize that labeling an American or a group of Americans a threat requiring military action is no great step beyond displaying a wanton disregard for the Constitution.

This Administration is actively working to destroy the JAG's ability to discriminate between legal and illegal orders coming from them.

That can only mean that this Administration wishes to hide what they have already done, or they do not wish to be frustrated at what they intend to do.

Haynes, Yoo, Addington, Cheney, enemies of the people, enemies of the Constitution. It's time for them to go.

the Nazis BOOSH administration eliminates another check and balance on our government. These criminals are going to take over completely and permanently and then the Forth Reich will have been established.

i think this will be the straw that breaks the camel,s back for the pentagon.