The Federal Governemnt enjoys many, many powers not given to it explicitly (or even intended for it) in the Constitution. These are granted to it by interpretation of the document by the courts. This is just how it works and always has.
Prisoner of War is a status given to legitimate combatants under the Geneva convention.
Other combatants are war criminals, who are specifically not given rights under the same convention.
As for "our" freedoms, speak for yourself. The government is given discretion without due process over international affairs to protect those very freedoms you're so concerned about and it has not yet been demonstrated to act in bad faith in that persuit.
Since I don't have access to the court records it's tough to know anything, but it can safely be assumed that there was good reason as the man plead guilty to a crime.
Is an assumption made in the courts, not in the field. Otherwise, how could police officers point their weapons at suspected bank robbers? This is common sense.
Proving innocence is simply a shortcut to avoiding the hassle of an investigation or trial. And as for forging documents or creating false exceptions in a database, that's a little more complicated than making a fake driver's license to buy beer at the local 7-11.
They held him as a "material witness." He was allowed to see his lawyer and have contact with his family, contrary to what the other poster said. There is absolutely no evidence presented thus far that the FBI held him as a material witness in bad faith. The fact that he was later charged with a crime is irrelevant to this concern. The material witness statute isn't exactly new, anyway.
News flash: immigrants are not entitled to the same rights as citizens. That is a fact.
People are not labeled "enemy combatants" and held unless there is good reason to believe that they are. This law has never been used against the spirit in which it was written. That is also a fact.
"They" are just people like you and me. You won't be held for any length of time without good reason, and the fact is that you're completely wrong about holding people without charging them.
Sounds impressive, actually. If there are 4-5 hijackers, and each has a 61% chance of being noticed, then the odds are good that at least one will be and the plot will be foiled.
Also, what's the worry about false positives? If and when they happen, it's a simple matter to clear up a person's real identity. It's not like they shoot first and ask questions later.
First one is, the "official" unemployment stats do NOT include people who are long term unemployed and have dropped off the unemployment insurance rolls. Just this week, on january first, 780,000-3/4 of a MILLION people, bill paying, mortgage note paying, credit card holding and paying people, people who shopped locally, spent money in stores around their neighborhoods, maybe trying to put their kids through school, etc, GONE off the stats, US workers off their last incomes, those unemployment checks which were already much smaller than their "normal" pay. But officially now, those numbers aren't totalled into the 6%.
Bogus. Despite your hyperbole, those people may fall off of the unemployment benefits rosters, but they are STILL COUNTED in the statistics. It's true that there's a discrepency between the "unemployment" statistics and the real percentage of the working-age population which does not have a job, because the economist's definition of "unemployed" means "actively seeking work."
This "Alpha Video" label presumably releases old movies which are no longer copyrighted. But my experience with $6 DVDs of old movies has been entirely negative. The several I've tried have all been produced from interlaced (not film (progressive)) sources, and contain a single, poor quality audio track in mpeg 1, layer 2 (you know,.mp2).
Is a small price to pay for progress. Besides, most of it was spent right here in the U.S.A.; it's jobs and technology for Americans.
A much better use of money than social programs where countless billions are funneled out of the country, eventually ending up in Colombia or Afghanistan.
You can't go to jail for thinking or saying anything without commiting some sort of "act"... at least not yet.
Oh yes you can: it's called "conspiracy." Although I imagine that you're aware of this, I felt it necessary to point out that "saying anything" can be considered an "act" when there is collaboration. Also, a crime is defined as an "act or omission." Not doing something can also be criminal, especially in cases of de-facto contractual relationships (caring for children, etc).
Degrees of murder/manslaughter only serve to ascertain level of planning the crime. It doens't matter weather you hated the victim or not... you could have been hired... or trade murders... or any number of "motivations."
Often the distinction between Voluntary Manslaughter and Second-Degree murder is "adequate provocation," which definately considers the motive of the killer.
Modern politically-correct language considers gender "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex" to borrow from M-W.com. This is seperate it from "sex," which refers to being physically male or female.
Thus, gender, along with sexual orientation, is now a choice. I'd hate to live in a world where you can't discriminate based on peoples' choices.
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The Federal Governemnt enjoys many, many powers not given to it explicitly (or even intended for it) in the Constitution. These are granted to it by interpretation of the document by the courts. This is just how it works and always has.
Prisoner of War is a status given to legitimate combatants under the Geneva convention.
Other combatants are war criminals, who are specifically not given rights under the same convention.
As for "our" freedoms, speak for yourself. The government is given discretion without due process over international affairs to protect those very freedoms you're so concerned about and it has not yet been demonstrated to act in bad faith in that persuit.
Since I don't have access to the court records it's tough to know anything, but it can safely be assumed that there was good reason as the man plead guilty to a crime.
Someone can be a known suspect and not be in custody -- ever seen America's Most Wanted?
Is an assumption made in the courts, not in the field. Otherwise, how could police officers point their weapons at suspected bank robbers? This is common sense.
Proving innocence is simply a shortcut to avoiding the hassle of an investigation or trial. And as for forging documents or creating false exceptions in a database, that's a little more complicated than making a fake driver's license to buy beer at the local 7-11.
They held him as a "material witness." He was allowed to see his lawyer and have contact with his family, contrary to what the other poster said. There is absolutely no evidence presented thus far that the FBI held him as a material witness in bad faith. The fact that he was later charged with a crime is irrelevant to this concern. The material witness statute isn't exactly new, anyway.
News flash: immigrants are not entitled to the same rights as citizens. That is a fact.
People are not labeled "enemy combatants" and held unless there is good reason to believe that they are. This law has never been used against the spirit in which it was written. That is also a fact.
That someone who was frequently incorrectly flagged by these devices would become quite adept in proving his innocence in a timely manner.
I quite obviously can, as per #6852782.
Besides, "limited" access is not the same as "no access," now is it?
"They" are just people like you and me. You won't be held for any length of time without good reason, and the fact is that you're completely wrong about holding people without charging them.
Sounds impressive, actually. If there are 4-5 hijackers, and each has a 61% chance of being noticed, then the odds are good that at least one will be and the plot will be foiled.
Also, what's the worry about false positives? If and when they happen, it's a simple matter to clear up a person's real identity. It's not like they shoot first and ask questions later.
This "Alpha Video" label presumably releases old movies which are no longer copyrighted. But my experience with $6 DVDs of old movies has been entirely negative. The several I've tried have all been produced from interlaced (not film (progressive)) sources, and contain a single, poor quality audio track in mpeg 1, layer 2 (you know, .mp2).
Is a small price to pay for progress. Besides, most of it was spent right here in the U.S.A.; it's jobs and technology for Americans.
A much better use of money than social programs where countless billions are funneled out of the country, eventually ending up in Colombia or Afghanistan.
It's a shame that so few people here realize it. Thanks, AC.
They don't give a damn about "liberty"; they'd all love to be Microsoft. It seems that some words become more meaningless every day.
Oh yes you can: it's called "conspiracy." Although I imagine that you're aware of this, I felt it necessary to point out that "saying anything" can be considered an "act" when there is collaboration.
Also, a crime is defined as an "act or omission." Not doing something can also be criminal, especially in cases of de-facto contractual relationships (caring for children, etc).
No, no, no. Look up Adequate Provocation sometime.
Often the distinction between Voluntary Manslaughter and Second-Degree murder is "adequate provocation," which definately considers the motive of the killer.
Then it isn't fair to blame me because their laws make no sense, my friend. Besides, it wasn't central to my "point," but merely complimentary.
Modern politically-correct language considers gender "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex" to borrow from M-W.com. This is seperate it from "sex," which refers to being physically male or female.
Thus, gender, along with sexual orientation, is now a choice. I'd hate to live in a world where you can't discriminate based on peoples' choices.
AbiWord needs our help! With the resources available to us here on slashdot, I'm sure that we can raise the money in no time.
Someone set up a paypal account.