[GingisK]

I guess you forgot about the tens of thousands...

Didn't forget. They all looked just like the ones who attacked at Pearle Harbor. The error then was extending the "containment" to US citizens. The sins of the past should serve as a guide for what shouldn't be done in the future. Even still, American citizens at large were not restricted.

Always remember that "rights" are not granted by government. The government is restricted from interfering with "rights" by the Constitution. The Constitution does not grant rights to the citizen. It is a big mistake to allow the government to reduce rights: these are not the government's to either give or retract. This is an extremely important facit of Constitutional Principles.

Problems related to security can be handled without restricting the rights of citizens in general. To think otherwise is a mark of the incompetent.

[Naspino]

I have to disagree though. Our constitution is great but written in a different time. Eventually the constitution will have to be put aside (for some people) or our nation will defeat itself. Question is should we go out in our glory or lower ourselves to defeat the evil. We lowered our security after raising it post-9/11 cause we don't have the will to live like prisoners. Short of exterminating the threat (thereby killing many innocents and lowering ourselves) what can we do except continue to suffer attacks? Each year that passes they have the opportunity to grab more weapons capable of wider damage. Perfect case is a biological attack with some future airborn virus. No way the constitution can live in its current form. It at least has to be suspended.