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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#008000 size=2><SPAN class=971102714-24012007>Does
anyone have a link to the wording of this legislation in its
entirety? If, indeed, as it says below, then You do NOT have
to steal a car or money or whatever. All you have to do is
work for the government outside of the military, or be a
journalist. You don't even have to commit a
crime.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma>-----<BR><B>From:</B> Lee Loe
[mailto:leeloe@igc.org]<SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
class=365190706-24012007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I guess if you work for
the gov and steal a car or money or whatever you will be tried in a military
court. the scary part is that last statement about giving the commander control
over the actions of people representing our country. Scary. Lee
Loe</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Suzette Mouchaty
[mailto:smouchaty@sbcglobal.net] <BR></FONT>What circumstances would lead to a
civilian being tried by a military court? Did this happen during the
Vietnam war? This is as frightening as the Military Commissions
Act.<BR><BR><B><I>Lee Loe <leeloe@igc.org></I></B> wrote: <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>U.S.
CIVILIANS CAN FACE MILITARY TRIALS</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT
size=2>WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2007 (UPI) -- A last-minute addition to a federal
spending bill at the end of the last U.S. Congress <STRONG>now makes civilians
eligible for military courts-martial.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000 size=3>With the addition of just five words,</FONT></STRONG> the
provision sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was signed into law by
President Bush, and <FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=3><STRONG>makes civilian
government employees and journalists eligible for prosecution</STRONG></FONT>
<FONT size=3><STRONG>under the Uniform Code of Military
Justice</STRONG></FONT>,</FONT> the Washington Post reported
Monday.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Right now, you
have two different standards for people doing the same job," Graham said.
"This will bring uniformity to the commander's ability to control the behavior
of people representing our country."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Legal experts say
the change will likely raise constitutional challenges, as civilians
prosecuted in military court don't receive a grand jury hearing and are tried
by members of the military, rather than by a jury of their
peers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=971102714-24012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Until now,
civilians could be tried under the military code only during a declared war,
but neither operations in Afghanistan nor Iraq involve such a
declaration.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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