Here is the most chilling part ; and NONE of those people were convicted of a crime or of taking arms against their new country.
All you self-titled "patriots" are no better than the Germans who shouted "Heil" because it was there country ; nor can I respect persons who shout "America -love it or leave it"
If you TRULY love America , the land of the free and home of the brave, you do not blindly follow , you do not desire your fellow citizens be deprived of their rights without a fair trial.An act of barbarity by an enemy is no reason to punish your fellow citizens, Giving ONE or a FEW persons the power to simply declare a person outside the protections of our constitution is the height of folly.
On the other hand, immediate detention followed by swift deportation for those here illegally could go a long way towards making the nation more free, more safe , and better economically by removal of social service parasites. Vincente Fox is miffed over the execution of a Mexican national convicted of murder ; let's give him back a couple million of his "undocumented workers" and let him deal with them. Likewise deport all the other illegals. No one's rights need be violated in doing this simple, obvious step.
Okay, a question for you how should Johnny Walker Lindh be treated? He is a US citizen. Should he have a criminal trial? IMHO, he was caught red-handed fighting against America and should be treated as an enemy combatant aka a POW, just like the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. I personally don't understand why he is in a US brig and not at GB with his "compatriots" he loves so much.
As for the average citizen, I repeat again, why would Aschcroft publicly support the 2nd Amendment if he intends to put us all in camps as some on here suggest? It makes no sense, the logic is faulty. As for the claims of possibly tyranny by future leaders, I think they are once again being scare-mongers, they underestimate the American people. Too many Chicken Littles on this thread for me, LOL!