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Many have suggested here that that the government is infringing upon, even violating the 4th amendment with various legislation and actions the past two years. Now, Washington tells us that there are two dozen men living in the US that are believed to have trained in al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan.
If Washington is not bluffing, they are completely acting within the bounds of the 4th Amendment. Wouldn't the naysayers have us believe the evil republicans would just round 'em up and arrest them anyway? Vengeful vigilante violaters of our rights and personal freedoms?
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Funny things you hear from people who
claim to be independents, you know? What exactly is your point? Are you suggesting that none of the concerns of civil libetarians could possibly be true because they haven't arrested these guys?
Before we even get to that, what could
possibly be the point of "Washington" releasing this information? I mean, this Administration would classify the time and temperature if they thought they could get away with it - so why tip off any trained terrorists that we know about them? Gee ... you don't think it could be to reassure some people that they're not as bad as the folks concerned with personal liberty say, and at the same time get an amen out of the choir that already believes we have too much freedom already? Naw ... that couldn't be it. I must be inhaling too much duct tape fumes.
If the government has proof that these folks have been in al Qaida training camps I am sure they have violated a law in doing so. If they merely suspect they've been to such camps and can't prove it, what should they do? Is suspicion of maybe being a terrorist enough in your opinion to warrant locking them up? How far down this road do you want to go?