10-19-2006, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by anarchy
However, even the Los Angeles Times warns of the draconian aspect of this law. ?[T]he bill also reinforces the presidential claims, made in the Padilla case, that the commander in chief has the right to designate a U.S. citizen on American soil as an enemy combatant and subject him to military justice,? writes Bruce Ackerman, a professor of law and political science at Yale.
This atrocious, Hitlerian bill authorizes ?the government to seize and detain indefinitely, without charge or trial, anyone who ?purposefully and materially supported hostilities? even if not engaged in armed conflict, including U.S. citizens arrested inside the United States,? explains Human Rights First.
?Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, said that by including those who ?supported hostilities??rather than those who ?engage in acts? against the United States?the government intends the legislation to sanction its seizure and indefinite detention of people far from the battlefield,? notes the Washington Post.
?In short,? writes John Dean, ?this could include anyone the federal government (Bush and Rumsfeld will delegate and re-delegate this authority) labels ?an unlawful enemy combatant.??
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silly liberal newspapers. Gee, I guess next we won't be able to prosecute spies if they hold American Citizenship.
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