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2005-03-02 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-03-02 12:27:06 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There are two ominous factors that threaten all U.S. citizens in this article. First, by authority of the Patriot Act/Homeland Security any one of us could be arrested and transported to Saudi Arabia or some other humanitarian nation for testimony procured through torture. Such arrest can be secret and in complete violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Second, the accusation of being an "enemy combatant" (in the absence of a declared war) strips the accused of ALL due process which can (and may already have) lead to summary and secret executions. It appears that the war on terrorism is over and the terrorists have won. I believe the case against Ahmed Omar Abu Ali could have and would have been more substantial and credible had all of his Constitutional protections of due process been afforded him. What happens when we have Hillary Clinton using this power against her real and imagined political opponents?

Posted by Tom Fiedler 2005-03-02 10:30:00 PM|| 2005-03-02 10:30:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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