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Fwd: Can Anyone Be An "Enemy Combatant"?


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 17:32:07 -0400




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From: "eekid () aol com" <eekid () aol com>
Date: May 25, 2008 4:30:10 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Can Anyone Be An "Enemy Combatant"?


"To justify holding him, the government claimed a broad interpretation of the president's wartime powers, one that goes beyond warrantless wiretapping or monitoring banking transactions. Government lawyers told federal judges that the president can send the military into any U.S. neighborhood, capture a citizen and hold him in prison without charge, indefinitely."


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/24/national/main4125235.shtml

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