Mike Whitney talks about the implications of the new intelligence reform bill on our "inalienable" rights as American citizens. How about trying to prove you did not commit a crime?

if someone is arrested (as was the case with 1200 Muslims after 9-11) as a terrorist suspect, he can be refused bail and imprisoned indefinitly [sic] without charges. The moniker of "terrorist" trumps the underlying principle of American jurisprudence, that is, the "presumption of innocence" Now, prisoners will have to prove that they aren't guilty; a difficult prospect when there is no process in place to challenge the terms of their detention.

Families of prisoners being detained by the United States in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba urged President Bush yesterday to move forward with any legal proceedings related to those being held. After three years of being imprisoned, none of the detainees have yet been charged with a crime—violating not only the Geneva convention and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but also one of the basic tenets of U.S. law.

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