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Judge Sentelle Strikes Again!

You really have to hand it to the man for being there when his party 
really needed him!  For more than three decades, he has bravely stepped 
forward to defend Republican administrations against the evils of the 
Constitution of the United States.  And just days ago, in true form, and 
hiding behind the anonymity of time, Judge David Bryan Sentelle has done 
it again!

In case you missed it, Judge Sentelle just joined Judge A. Raymond 
Randolph in a 2-1 decision that should unnerve everyone who reads it. 
Sitting on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit, the two men ruled that that hundreds of detainees in U.S. 
custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba do not have the right to challenge their 
imprisonment in federal courts.

In essence, George W. Bush and his cohorts can keep nearly 400 detainees 
caged in their Guantanamo prison indefinitely, with no charges, no 
access to counsel, and no way on earth to appeal their status or attempt 
to attempt to prove their innocence.

The ruling was based on the outrageous supposition that Guantanamo Bay 
prison is not US territory, and therefore excludes any claim of habeas 
corpus.  The two prevailing judges insist that Guantanamo is a leased 
property that falls under Cuban sovereignty.

So, move the prisoners to the US and restore their rights as human 
beings being held by the government of the United States of America. 
Yeah, right.

For the record, this decision is consistent with the political record 
Sentelle has compiled on the bench. Bear in mind that this prot$(D??(Bg$(D??(B of 
Sen. Jesse Helms was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the 
Western District of North Carolina by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. 
He was appointed to his current position to replace Antonin Scalia in 1987.

So, was it any surprise that in 1989 Judge Sentelle (along with Laurence 
Silberman) voted to overturn the convictions of Oliver North and John 
Poindexter of Iran-Contra notoriety?  After all, Sentelle had served as 
chairman of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party in North Carolina 
and had been a Reagan delegate at the 1984 GOP convention.  Loyalty is, 
after all, loyalty.

Not long after, it was absolutely in character for Sentelle to appoint 
Kenneth Starr to replace Robert B. Fiske as lead independent council to 
investigate President Bill Clinton. So it is perfectly fitting that his 
ruling concerning the detainees so beautifully  supports the goals of 
George Bush$B!G(Bs neocon empire seekers.  Anything else would have been 
unthinkable.

Now bear in mind that the Bush administration recently fired and 
replaced seven U.S. attorneys, none of whom was charged with or guilty 
of wrongdoing.    Surprise, surprise....

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