[JediGirl]

You left out that he is a deeply religious, patriotic American.

You're right. That definitely excuses the crap he's pulling right now. All Hail Ashcroft! How do you define patriotic anyway? Someone who's willing to strip away the rights of Americans in the name of security?

[BellStar]

Someone who's willing to strip away the rights of Americans in the name of security?

As I said Esam hamdi is about as much an American as I'm Japanese! Ashcroft's "scheme" is a Solomon like decision made with all the facts which were conveniently left out of Turley's Op Ed ! I lived in Europe for 3 years but that does not make me a European! Nor am I British for having lived in London for 3 years. Ashcroft knows what he is doing. And those who look closely know he is no threat to our Constitutional Rights.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Do some investigating about civil liberties being suspended during the Civil War and World War II. You'll find the current AG is bending over backwards to not take the steps Abraham Lincoln and FDR took, even though those two men DID do some questionable things, and the questionable practices were stopped once the hostilities cessated. Much ado about little, imo.