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To: Sherman Logan
Unless I’m misreading it, military detention is not applicable to US citizens or legal residents.

But if you are arrested under these rules, where is your chance to proclaim that you are a US citizen? It doesn't sound like you will get to a lawyer anytime soon. And as long as the LEO states that you aided Al-Queda, you are stuck without a trial to prove otherwise.

35 posted on 11/28/2011 9:12:10 AM PST by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: slowhandluke

I’m sorry, but I just don’t see any major changes here from existing law.

AFAIK there is no present procedure in the law of a formal hearing to determine whether a person arrested is a citizen or not. Certainly not a trial to determine this rather minor point.

Certainly LEOs or military can ignore or evade aspects of this law, but I fail to see how this is any different from the present condition, where they can do exactly the same.


37 posted on 11/28/2011 9:18:50 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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