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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 2, 2008

Take No Prisoners

The Supreme Court's Guantanamo decision leaves the U.S. Army no safe haven for the incarceration of its prisoners of war, writes Richard Brent Reed - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Richard Brent Reed
This article appears on Page 7

      "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it," according to Article I, Section 9 of the U. S. Constitution.
      Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. armed forces invaded Afghanistan to snuff out al-Qaida, ...

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