By GottaLaff
Before you read this post, please go back to this one, the impossible-to-read e-mail from Joe Lieberman that called for this response from Commenter Chris... who kindly allowed me to post her e-mail response:
It's actually not as bad here as when I opened the email to one solid block of text. I tried to reply to it, but, naturally, the email got bounced back to me.
If I may?
Dear Senator Lieberman and staff,
In reply to your email to me:
1st - The letter you sent me is vitrually unreadable. See below! The lack of attention to detail by your staff is stunning.
2nd - the "at least 74 have already returned to fight with the extremists" is absolutely UNTRUE and you know it - or at least you should know it.
3rd - The "The detainees held in Guantanamo are enemy combatants who were caught in the war on terrorism and have demonstrated a callous willingness to exploit international law, our laws, and basic standards of human decency to advance their cause" is UNTRUE. Many of the detainees were turned in to US forces for the rewards offered. 27 out of 32 who have faced military justices have been ordered released or had charges dropped against them due to lack of evidence, hearsay evidence or use of torture to obtain self-incriminating evidence. Shame on you, a former Attorney General, for continuing the deception of the detainees. I urge you to look at the case of Fayid al Kandari, a Kuwaiti national, being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and try to find one shred of evidence that he is among "the worst of the worst".
Moreover, military commissions are extraconstitutional and distinctly unamerican.
4th, and lastly - Your first priority is misplaced. It should not be to protect Americans. Your DUTY, that which you swore an oath to do, sir, is to protect the US Constitution. That duty is something in which you have failed.
Sincerely,
Chris, Concerned taxpayer, Patriotic American, Your constituent and employer
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