Doug wrote:
> Bush says "We must not let foreign enemies use the forms of liberty > to destroy liberty itself." (CNN article > http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/29/inv.bush.terrorism/index.html) but > IMO these tribunals are a dire threat to liberty in and of > themselves. Why do they have to be secret, what does the > administration have to hide? Why no appeal? > > I think that when we feel the need to resort to fascism to combat > terrorism, the terrorists have triumphed. Bush & Co are quickly burning up every bit of goodwill and trust they had earned from me following 9/11. Ashcroft, especially, is bothersome - he seems to actually relish every safeguard for the accused that he can knock down. I fully understand the need to keep some information secret, but I feel there are better ways to do so than by cloaking the entire proceedings. We have successfully protected the sites of terrorist trials in the past, and we can no doubt continue to do so. We are an open, free society, and we have no need whatsoever to resort to the judicial techniques of tinpot dictatorships and international thugs. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
