CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings May 29, 2014
U. S. Prison. The times square bomber is in a new york prison is in a u. S. Prison. We have tried and convicted terrorist master minds in u. S. Considerate courts in my own district. Others are being held at guantanamo without any prospect of a trial. Ever since magna carta, we have denied the government the power to imprison and punish people on mere accusation. Just because the government labels someone a terrorist doesnt make him one. The government must be asked to prove the accusation in court. Thats always been a bedrock american principle, until we opened guantanamo. Now we imprison peo...