[gondramB]

"That was true even if you were "an American citizen" making the call from U.S. territory"

That she would put American citizen in quotes sums up why I don't share the general admiration for Ann Coulter.

[cb]

and your point is?

[SampleMan]

That she would put American citizen in quotes sums up why I don't share the general admiration for Ann Coulter.

Because terrorists should be considered American Citizens first, and mass murderers second? A person working for a foreign terrorist organization to bring about the destruction of American interest should have a bullet in their brain pan. The offense of quotations around "American Citizen" should be the least of their worries, as well as the least of your worries.

[Gritty]

That she would put American citizen in quotes sums up why I don't share the general admiration for Ann Coulter.

Why? I'm sure Faris and other Al Qaida operatives would consider themselves Citizens Of The Ummah, first. Being known as an infidel "American citizen" they would consider merely an embarrassing but necessary "cover"!

[Ninian Dryhope]

It was justified by the fact that the so-called American citizen was a citizen in name only. His real loyalties were to Islam. His American citizenship was only a means to an end, enabling him to attack this country from the inside.

[elhombrelibre]

She was quoting the New York Times. That's not like she put the words "an American citizen" in qoutes for some reason beyond when you quote you use quotage marks.