In message , Jim writes
"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message
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It's just that it seems the US decided that being captured out of
uniform, armed, and fighting against the US _wasn't_ enough to make
Lindh an "unlawful combatant"... and the only difference between him and
any other detainee is his nationality.

"Duh" yourself.

Actually he plead guilty to a lesser charge.

He got charged? His charges were made public? More than any of the other
detainees ever got. What _are_ they accused of?

As a hint, "being bad men" isn't a recognised offence in most quarters.

He did so as i understand it
under the threat that they might charge him
with treason. Treason is one of the few crimes that carry the death
penalty.

Under US law, which explicitly doesn't apply to the Gitmo detainees. Why
wasn't Lindh left there to be punished along with his allies? Why does
US law apply to him and _only_ him?

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam