Thread: Bush seeks to extend Guantánamo procedures to American citizens
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Old 08-02-2006, 06:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alias
If someone has information that some idiot is going to blow up a building full of innocent people, I don't care how they stop him. You do. Your preoccupation with rights for criminals will get a lot of innocent people killed. Mine will only get one (perhaps) innocent person killed.
Are you missing the point or are you too blinded by a smog of fear?

This bill, if extended to American citizens, can withold people's rights under the fourth, fifth, sixth, and/or seventh Amendments in the Bill of Rights soley based on the fact that the government suspects them as being "hostile to the United States and allies" which is of itself very broad and circumstantial unless the legislation details it more. It has nothing to do with actually stopping such attacks, and everything to do with his/her detainment, treatment, and trial. When will you actually read what people write?
"If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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