[B Knotts]

Who is Congress going to declare war on in order to enable the President to detain dirty bombers?

al-Qaeda.

[Kryptonite]

Al-Qeada isn't a nation, it has no borders, etc... And then what if Al-qeada didn't sponsor a guy like Padilla, but Hamas did? Can you imagine the whining from the left about detaining a guy knowing that he wasn't affiliated with the group we are at war with.

And what if this guy truly was connected to the OKC bombing, and our people are looking into intelligence on that side of the equation, which could prove that he not only planned the dirty bomb, but also was involved with foreign agents in the planning of the OKC bombing?

Sure this is speculation, but there has to be plenty of reasons for the administration's fight in this court battle. And the idea that all of this rests on whether Congress declares war on somebody is a procedural hook that sounds as if it came from 3rd grade recess.