That sums it up
Let thousands be killed ... because terrorists have civil rights and the courts are going to protect them
Gamesmanship and the game is too damn dangerous.
maybe the nerve gas scare will shake some of these idiots up. although it was a false alarm, it could easily have been real (like the anthrax attacks). maybe they will think to themselves - "the enemy is out there, and they could pull off an attack like this, maybe we better get serious about thwarting it".