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Originally Posted by directfiesta
not even to US citizens:
At an afternoon news conference, Jeremiah J. Sullivan III said his client, a Navy Corpsman, is shackled and being held in solitary confinement in the Camp Pendleton brig. Seven Marines are also accused of kidnapping and killing an Iraqi man on April 26. Sullivan said his client has not been charged with a crime and that he is being treated worse than a terrorist.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/9331466/detail.html
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When you are Military personnel, you are no longer a "free citizen" of the United States, you are property of the United States Government; same as a tank, plane, gun, etc. Therefor, you are bound to a different set of rules and laws, than would be given to a civilian.