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Friday February 1 5:38 PM ET U.S. Terror Arrest Tactics Detailed By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer PHLADELPHIA (AP) - People the government suspects of terrorist involvement will be arrested on the most minor of crimes - spitting on the sidewalk or petty credit card swindles - just to get them off the street, a senior Bush administration lawyer said Friday. "If we suspect you of terrorism you better be squeaky clean," Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh told an audience of lawyers and human rights advocates, some of whom shook their heads in disagreement. "If we suspect you of terrorism we will arrest you, no matter how minor the violation, so that you are removed from the street and from the people that you wish to harm," Dinh told an American Bar Association session. Citing the late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's campaign to bust organized crime, Dinh said terrorist suspects will be arrested if they "so much as spit on the sidewalk." "By the time we wait to investigate, prosecute and then incarcerate the persons, the damage is already done," Dinh said. "The consequence is too great, and we simply cannot risk that threat to the American people. The 19 primary suspects in this case are all dead, and with them are approximately 3,000 innocent people." Each of the hundreds of potential terror suspects detained since Sept. 11 faces legitimate criminal charges, Dinh said. "These are individualized arrests. It is not a roundup," he said. Dinh's boss, Attorney General John Ashcroft, generally uses less colorful language to make the same points. A range of critics have called the administration's arrest and detention policies heavy-handed, and the ABA opposes government monitoring of the suspects' meetings with lawyers. Georgetown University law professor David Cole took issue with nearly everything Dinh said, and went on to criticize Congress for passing new immigration rules that Cole said recall the McCarthy era. "It's guilt by association," Cole said. Immigrants can be deported for supporting a range of potentially innocent causes, and can be refused entry to the United States based on their views, Cole said. "What we have done is trade off the rights of immigrants ... for our purported security," he said. The ABA is holding panel discussions on several terrorism and national security issues arising from the Sept. 11 jetliner attacks during its half-yearly meeting here. The nation's largest lawyers' group may vote next week to give limited support to military tribunals proposed by President Bush. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
