Criminals and Enemy Combatants

One more item today: there's a great op-ed in the New York Times today from General Wesley Clark and Kal Raustiala about why terrorists should be considered criminals rather than "enemy combatants," as the Bush Administration has tried to do. Aside from the constitutional questions, Clark and Raustiala raise a great point that enemy combatant status grants greater legitimacy to the terrorist cause, as it affords state-level recognition on a stateless organization. Very interesting reading.

And Wesley Clark would be a good VP choice for Hillary Clinton.

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