# John Ashcroft Resigns.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-ashcroft-resigns/273918>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 9, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-ashcroft-resigns/273918 "2004-11-09T23:14:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-ashcroft-resigns/273918/201 "2004-11-16T04:58:58Z")

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> [@MaryP](#):
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> “Tesitmony” given to whom?

Anybody associated with the American forces. “Hey Sarge! This guy says he’s just a civilian who’s never fought against us in his life! Tell the JAG we need another tribunal.”

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> The “presumption of Al-Qaeda-ness” (or is it Al-Qaedity?) is found … where?

What presumption? We capture a guy. We believe he’s an al Qaeda fighter, what with the tapes of Osama in his back poket and the fact that he’s a Saudi citizen despite being captured at an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. He says nothing to indicate to the contrary, so he remains a prisoner. He only gets a tribunal status determination . . . wait for it . . . “should doubt arise” as to his status. That’s not a presumption–that’s just how the Geneva Convention works.

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