Who are these "campaigners" the article talks about?
Which "conservatives" are known to have fired on the Bush administration?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, from http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/chicagosuspect020611.html, come the following excerpts:
Al Muhajir's lawyer accused the government of violating his constitutional rights.
"He is being detained unconstitutionally, I believe. He has not been charged. There are no limitations on his detention. It is a violation of due process," said Donna Newman, who has represented al Muhajir before. She said she had not been allowed to meet with al Muhajir.
Newman said her client was "very upset" by his treatment since his arrest.
"He was moved everywhere in a three-piece suit of irons," she said. "The circumstances were very, very upsetting. He is no different than any other American; he is a human being and a citizen."
She said that al Muhajir was a father and had a "very loving family."
And later, in the same locale:
But civil rights advocates expressed concern over the administration's approach.
"I think we ought to be concerned about rights here," David Cole, of Georgetown University Law School, said Monday night on ABCNEWS' Nightline.
Cole said when the military tribunals were first announced, the president assured Americans they would be for non-citizens only.
But then al Muhajir was arrested, said Cole, and put into military custody, with no right to a lawyer or a hearing.
"And the government has asserted the right to hold him without a trial, until this war on terrorism ends, which may never end," said Cole.
Which "conservatives" are known to have fired on the Bush administration?
I'm not clear on this one. Chris Matthews is often billed as a conservative, but one might dispute that. I suspect that the problem is that those strongly oriented to the US Constitution question the seeming suspension of various civil rights in the case of this traitor. That being said, I am unable to offer any sources.