I Don't Know What to Believe
About these allegations that the United States held an al-Jazeera camera man in order to convince (intimidate?) him into spying on his employer and fellow employees. According to the Guardian the cameraman has stated the US believes that"al-Jazeera has been infiltrated by al-Qaida and that one of its presenters is linked to Islamists."
Now assuming that these claims are true and that the United States has interrogated the cameraman Muhyideen al-Hajj "more than 100 times" not about terrorism but al-Jazeera's hiring practices, I must ask these questions. Why are we wasting valuable resources holding people not even connected with terrorism? Why are we holding him if he still has not been charged with a crime in three and a half years?
Protecting America from terrorists is one thing, but this is ridiculous. Our prison systems need to be reformed. After Abu Ghraib and Gitmo how can we hold people for upwards of three years without being charged? Its one thing if an individual is involved with a terrorist organization, but to hold individuals indefinatly is wrong and unconstitutional.
Now assuming that these claims are true and that the United States has interrogated the cameraman Muhyideen al-Hajj "more than 100 times" not about terrorism but al-Jazeera's hiring practices, I must ask these questions. Why are we wasting valuable resources holding people not even connected with terrorism? Why are we holding him if he still has not been charged with a crime in three and a half years?
Protecting America from terrorists is one thing, but this is ridiculous. Our prison systems need to be reformed. After Abu Ghraib and Gitmo how can we hold people for upwards of three years without being charged? Its one thing if an individual is involved with a terrorist organization, but to hold individuals indefinatly is wrong and unconstitutional.
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