On Dec 26, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote:
> This means nothing these days. With the recent extension of the
> PATRIOT Act, no reason is needed to arrest or incarcerate anyone.
> Repeat, NO reason, not a one, not a scintilla of one. And forget
> about habeas corpus too.
That's not true. American citizens have the same Constitutional
protections they always have; these changes only apply to enemy
combatants.
Of course, all it takes to become an "enemy combatant" is for the
government to say you are...
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