“The Bush administration seems to be using the Hamdi case to establish the principle that it has the exclusive power to decide who is an enemy combatant. If the administration’s position prevails, we can expect to see many more cases like it. The government will be free to seize ANYONE it wants simply by saying the magic words “enemy combatant,” and the courts will be powerless to release such people from prison, or even provide them with lawyers.” (Emphasis added.)
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Think about that.
i’m too afraid to think about that. we’re supposed to be “on the look out for terrorists,” but no one is telling people to look out for their own government …
sheesh
brown shirt, anyone?
Ya know, this shit is never going to end…
I am just getting over airport security asking a mother to drink her own breast milk to prove it wasn’t some explosive substance.