It would be productive to restore an archane word back into common usage: outlaw. This word means a person who exists outside of the protection of law because of his behavior or the people he associates with. The Islamo-jihadists are outlaws. They, like cancer cells, must die or they will destroy the healthy cells. As such, they do not deserve any protections of any of our laws. Indeed, we compromise our safety when we tie ourselves up in knots to give them protections they do not deserve, or to treat them in a way they would not reciprocate with.
We are allowing ourselves to be led down a path of twisted logic here. The folks incarcerated at Gitmo are NOT criminal defendants, they are POW's. Since it was replayed early AM, when Steve McQueen was recaptured in "The Great Escape" he did not get Habeas Corpus, he did not appeal to the 9th Circuit Court, he was lucky to get his baseball to play with in solitary.
God knows we are far from perfect. Kelo v New London and Raich SCOTUS decisions will give true lovers of freedom plenty to do, but let us pause on Independance Day and thankfully salute the fact, the incontrovertible fact and reality, that we are blessed to live in the most free nation on the face of God's Green Earth.
When you complain about illegal aliens, recall, that is only a problem because people are willing to risk their lives just to get here. I could go on at length, but no need. The fact that we are able to have this conversation on something Al Gore invented in his spare time is proof enough for me that we are truly blessed. I have always taken as evidence of real freedom the "fence test". If a country builds fences to keep people in, it is not free, if we have to spend money building fences to keep people out, we must be on the right track.