cbsnews.com — (RICHMOND, VA, June 11, 2007, CBS/AP) The Bush administration cannot legally detain a U.S. resident it deems an al Qaeda sleeper agent without charge and must allow him to be released from military detention, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday.
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consonanceJun 12, 2007
What's surprising to me is that one person agreed with the Bush administration. Don't you think it's scary to know that we were one person away from becoming a police state?
kingkilrJun 12, 2007
Pssh, whats that the constitution or something./yes that's sarcasm
zarchonJun 12, 2007
@griffin7Let me get this straight, either I agree with you or I am for totalitarianism and fascism? Seems to me that form of thinking goes right down the very path it professes to lead away from.
Closed AccountJun 12, 2007
@zarchonNormally you'd be right... But our side doesn't enforce authority with force. Our side would much prefer to empower the citizenry as the founders envisioned.
corvidaeJun 12, 2007
I Should have also mentioned, politicians talking to the public don't really have the 5th amendment on their side. While they can't be convicted for not answering anything. The public, unlike the courts, CAN assume that a refusal to answer equates to guilt.Again though, it's an opinion, being guilty of an opinion can, at worst, make people consider you a bad person.
eggotripJun 13, 2007
I'm annoyed that one judge actually disagreed. Remember the Constitution? You know that thing that Bush is suppose to uphold?
nespitheJun 15, 2007
I don't know what they rebuffed him with but it obviously wasn't arcane brilliance