[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Ashcroft's plan for detention camps for "enemy" U.S. citizens

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.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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