Would you have allowed him to continue to excercise his first amendment rights while in captivity? (You know, publish a newsletter or host a radio show, broadcasting any information he has learned.)
Would you have allowed him to retain his second amendment rights? (Carry a loaded handgun, or a rifle or two. After all he is an American citizen, convicted of no crime.)
Do you think we had the right to search his belongings, or should we have consulted a stateside judge, and obtained a warrant first?
The U.S. Constitution applies to persons on US soil. You really can't be so much of an idiot to think otherwise.
Here's a test. Go to China, Iraq, or Iran and speak your mind about the current regime. Then assert your first amendment rights, genius.
You should date Lori Berenson.