Reply #18: oops, forgot about Patriot Act, enemy combatants [View All]

[Vikingking66]

Since the Patriot Act will terminate in 2005, I say the president should throw a gigantic kegger on the White House lawn to celebrate.

I don't think enemy combatants should be necessarily freed, but certainly transfered to ordinary prisons, given access to legal counsel, and very publically moved through the criminal justice system with Scandaniavian levels of fairness. All rounded up immigrants and "material witnesses" to go through an expedited, public trip through
the U.S criminal justice system.