Once Again, the Bushies Defecate All Other the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and American Citizens

This is beyond the pale. The Bushies' response to anyone, like the Supreme Court's narrow but winning decision that they are wrong in these military tribunals, is to demand more power to "disappear" and "try" people secretly... and now even without any excuse of "terrorism".

Pay attention to this from yesterday's Miami Herald:

A draft Bush administration plan for special military courts seeks to expand the reach and authority of such ''commissions'' to include trials, for the first time, of people who are not al Qaeda members or the Taliban and are not directly involved in acts of international terrorism, according to officials familiar with the proposal plan.

The plan, which would replace a military trial system ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in June, also allows the secretary of defense to add crimes at will to those under the military court's jurisdiction. The two provisions would be likely to put more individuals than previously expected before military juries, officials and independent experts said.

The draft proposed legislation, set to be discussed at two Senate hearings today, is controversial inside and outside the administration because defendants would be denied many protections guaranteed by the civilian and traditional military criminal justice systems.

Under the proposed procedures, defendants would lack rights to confront accusers, exclude hearsay accusations, or bar evidence obtained through rough or coercive interrogations. They would not be guaranteed a public or speedy trial and would lack the right to choose their military counsel, who in turn would not be guaranteed equal access to evidence held by prosecutors.

Detainees also would not be guaranteed the right to be present at their own trials, if their absence is deemed necessary to protect national security or individuals.

Alas, none of us has the luxury of believing, "Oh, this can't happen to us. Because we've already seen many people who thought that disappeared or irrevocably injured by their "secret" shit.