And for people who bash McCain. Maybe you should read the following:

The amendment affected the United States Senate Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 ("DOD Act"); the amendment is commonly referred to as the Amendment on (1) the Army Field Manual and (2) Cruel, Inhumane, Degrading Treatment, amendment #1977 and also known as the McCain Amendment 1977. It became the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 ("DTA") as Division A, Title X of the DOD Act.[3] The amendment prohibits inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, by confining interrogations to the techniques in FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation. Also, section 1005(e) of the DTA prohibits aliens detained in Guantanamo Bay from applying for a writ of habeas corpus.[1][4] Certain portions of the amendment were enacted as 42 U.S.C. § 2000dd.

Amendment 1977 amended the defense appropriations bill for 2005 passed by the United States House of Representatives. The amendment was introduced to the Senate by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) on October 3, 2005 as S.AMDT.1977.


I bolded one word that I felt was key to this entire thing. I didn't want someone taking my own information that I put in here and try to turn it against me. Notice he says ALIENS.. it would not apply to citizens held in guantanamo.

Which further indicates that McCain isn't against human rights.. he put this ammendment up to stop inhumane treatment. He simply does not believe that American rights should be given to non Americans.

That's not to say he might not think they should fall under some other type of rights or process. However I have not looked up his position on Guantanamo beyond this. If you like I can try to dig up even more information.

Since you decided to come at me with fact I felt it only fair that I place more fact in this thread as well.

Everyone needs to open their eyes. Both political parties have issues and both political parties have good people in them. :hippy: you take the good with the bad I guess
daihashi Reviewed by daihashi on . McCain blasts Supreme Court's Guantanamo ruling Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain today called the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing Guantanamo detainees to challenge their status in civilian courts "one of the worst I've ever seen." McCain made his comments while traveling on his campaign bus to a town hall meeting at Burlington County College in Pemberton. "These are not American citizens. They are enemy combatants," McCain said. "I think this is one of the biggest mistakes that's been made in terms of our ability Rating: 5