"... if we cannot afford to allow you one that might actually work in your interests, we will appoint one for you."
That's the new
Miranda Warning, courtesy of the maladministration:
From
a S.F. Chronicle article on the
Boumediene oral arguments:
In response to questions from the bench, Clement said each detainee is afforded "a personal representative" to assist him.
How is the representative chosen? Justice John Paul Stevens asked. By the military, Clement responded.
And is this representative required to relay to his superiors any useful intelligence gleaned from the detainee? Justice David Souter asked. When Clement answered in the affirmative, Souter observed that the representative "is not in a position of counsel, as we understand the term.
Dubya maintains that, for (alleged or "designated") "enemy combatants", the maladministration and/or the military under Dubya's command will be policeman, magistrate, district attorney,
defence attorney, judge, jury, jailor, and executioner. The
only role they won't play is the "poor sucker that's caught". What a deal, eh? Who could complain about that?
The
Boumediene petitioners? Who are they?