Here's one of a many reasons why: "But in the most recent decision, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled 5-4 that the president can detain people in the US, including American citizens, indefinitely without charge."
What the feck?? -- More on how the Bush administration attempted to destroy America. Because he must hate it: The US Supreme Court agreed today to take up one of the biggest unanswered questions in the war on terror: Can the government pick up people in the United States and declare them enemy combatants? This sets up an early and high-stakes test for the Obama Administration. This will become Obama's problem, forcing him to decide whether to follow the Bush Administration course or set a new direction. The case involves a man from Qatar who came to study in the US, but civil liberties groups -- and several federal judges -- say the same legal principle could be applied to US citizens. Ali al-Marri arrived in Peoria in September 2001, with his wife and five children, to do graduate work at Bradley University. In December, he was charged with credit card fraud and possession of false IDs. Then in 2003, a month before he was to stand trial, President Bush declared al-Marri an enemy combatant and an al Qaeda agent. Since the day he was seized -- June 23, 2003 -- al-Marri has been held at the US Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina. Lawyers challenged the government's authority to pick up people on American soil and detain them indefinitely, and the lower courts have divided over the issue. But in the most recent decision, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled 5-4 that the president can detain people in the US, including American citizens, indefinitely without charge. The court will probably hear the case in late February or March. The Bush Justice Department has steadfastly defended the power to declare people in the US enemy combatants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
