FC: Ashcroft's plan for detention camps for "enemy" U.S. citizens

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: Amos Satterlee <asatterlee () inta org>
To: "'declan () well com'" <declan () well com>
Subject: Ashcroft detention camps
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:08:20 -0400

Declan:

This one sounds too bizarre to be true if it weren't from/about Ashcroft.
TIPS is the first shoe, detention camps without due process is the other.

http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-turley14aug14.story

Amos

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http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-turley14aug14.story

   By JONATHAN TURLEY, Jonathan Turley is a professor of constitutional
   law at George Washington University.

   Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft's announced desire for camps for U.S.
   citizens he deems to be "enemy combatants" has moved him from merely
   being a political embarrassment to being a constitutional menace.
   Ashcroft's plan, disclosed last week but little publicized, would
   allow him to order the indefinite incarceration of U.S. citizens and
   summarily strip them of their constitutional rights and access to the
   courts by declaring them enemy combatants.
   The proposed camp plan should trigger immediate congressional hearings
   and reconsideration of Ashcroft's fitness for this important office.
   Whereas Al Qaeda is a threat to the lives of our citizens, Ashcroft
   has become a clear and present threat to our liberties.
   The camp plan was forged at an optimistic time for Ashcroft's small
   inner circle, which has been carefully watching two test cases to see
   whether this vision could become a reality. The cases of Jose Padilla
   and Yaser Esam Hamdi will determine whether U.S. citizens can be held
   without charges and subject to the arbitrary and unchecked authority
   of the government.
   [...]

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