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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
the problem is that there are now people willing to do war-like acts of mass murder that do not tie into any particular country, and until the act of mass murder takes place there may often be little evidence. we got lucky with the LAX bomber because he decided to make the bomb in Canada and import it. for years the French were telling Canada to arrest him or kick him out*, BUT he hadn't done anything, other than be involved in training for a global jihad and all. Same with Atta.
Your point seems to be, to protect our freedom we have to let the next Atta roam free and even get on the plane. I suppose you could check his bags carefully or something.
See our laws aren't geared to deal with people like this- unless maybe if membership in al queda is made proof of insanity or something.
*gwnc disclaimer- I didn't mean that as Canada bashing. he simply had not done anything illegal. try to catch the PBS docu on the guy.
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Actually we could have just revoked his visa and put him on a plane without much fuss.
The big problem is that on September 10, nobody would have conceived of what happened, and after September 11, some people seem to be believe that fear alone, without evidence or due process ought to be enough to allow the Executive to lock away anybody without allowing them to challenge the detention or see the evidence against them.
By the way, Hank, you have an engineering background, live in an area populated by a large number of people from the Middle East, and you seem to be far more preoccupied with terrorism than the average American. How do we know you're not one of them?
