When we were children, we would sometimes hide behind mother or father if frightened. It's an understandable reaction.
When we become adults, we are expected to not hide behind others. Those who would shred the Rule of Law while uttering the insipid phrase, "What have you got to hide?" are the worst kind of cowards.
It's easy to be in favor of freedom when things are good. It takes guts to be in favor of freedom when the demons are mucking about.
It's easy to be in favor of freedom when things are good. It takes guts to be in favor of freedom when the demons are mucking about.
I agree with you regarding the rights of US citizens (like Padilla), but regarding Hassoun, he is illegally in this country and he is entitled only to deportation (if his crimes are limited to immigration) or imprisonment (if his crimes are worse.)
This man is not an American citizen. And, he's a Muslim. In my book, he has no rights. I'm a lawyer, incidentally, and a freedom-loving one. But I draw the line with Muslim non-citizens who have a history of supporting terrorism.
I'd shoot him in the back of the head, or deport him. He can choose.