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[DesertRat]

The Bush administration has suspended the writ of habeas corpus which is our most basic instrument for securing personal freedom against unlawful imprisonment through the right of a hearing before a judge.This is one of our Constitution's most fundamental rights.

Freepers will say that they aren't terrorists, so they aren't affected. But it does affect all of our freedom. When the government is able to wrongfully search and detain people with no consequence, the fundamental nature of freedom is undermined. Too many people have died for the basic freedoms of this country for those rights to be diluted by the Bush administration.

Dictators like Saddam Hussein performed illegal searches and detained people without giving them trial. Taking away the same rights that Republicans *claim* we are fighting for in Iraq does not make sense. Fighting terrorists doesn't make it right to resort to their tactics.