The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Dec. 5, 2008 to hear the ACLU "enemy combatant" detention case, which asks the fundamental question: Can the government detain you indefinitely without charge or trial? read more at http://aclu.org
If the government can detain an American citizen (like Jose Padilla) without charging him or convicting him, then America is in practice no different from the former Soviet Union.
You could be perfectly innocent and still be held. Think about it.
Is this the freedom our Founders risked their lives for, and for which our troops fight today?
If the government can detain an American citizen (like Jose Padilla) without charging him or convicting him, then America is in practice no different from the former Soviet Union.
You could be perfectly innocent and still be held. Think about it.
Is this the freedom our Founders risked their lives for, and for which our troops fight today?
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