[fuzzthatwuz]

Your thoughtful comments are valid for a reasonable man during reasonable times.These are not reasonable times!Padilla left the U.S.to enlist in the forces of a declared enemy ostensibly returning with the plan to do harm to many of our citizens, "somewhere,sometime", through the use of a radioactive dirty bomb. He was obviously in the planing stage of his goal.

Perhaps an over-simplification, but please consider the following analogy: You and your loved ones have a valid threat of bodily harm from a fanatic who has vowed to kill you. He shows up in your neighborhood. What will you do...wait for him to do something before you act? Obviously as a man of reason you would not run out in the street and kill him but you have an alternative... you have the option to remove this fanatic from a position of threat, until such time as he is no longer a danger to yourself or loved ones.

Personally I find this an acceptable option.

[steve-b]

You and your loved ones have a valid threat of bodily harm from a fanatic who has vowed to kill you. He shows up in your neighborhood. What will you do...wait for him to do something before you act?

I'd insist that the police go arrest him (death threats are against the law) and provide what evidence I could to aid in convicting him. Next silly straw man?