The President made an extraordinary decision that day....to shoot down our own planes in necessary. It was an extraordinary statement and I know we all cringed.
Fortunately, we had EXTRAORDINARY CITIZENS who in all likelyhood saved our Nations Capital, the majority of the buildings and the as*** of not only ordinary citizens but MANY POLITICIANS from destruction. They should kiss the ground they walk on!!
I hope that after 9-11, that the President issued an order to investigate the possibility of other planes being used as missiles, i.e., checked ALL THE PASSENGER LISTS looking for other terrorists.
We found some cells. Some of these folks were citizens. May they fry in hell.
Treason is not a right under the Constitution embolded by the right to Privacy.
Someone here on FR referred to Lincoln's statement: The Constitution is not a suicide pact. I can't think of a better way to say it.
Truly it is one of the finest things Lincoln never said...
Lincoln didn't need a 'suicide pact' wrt the Constitution. He was intent on murdering it.
A majority SCOTUS ruling in the late 1940s ignored the bleatings of the minority opinion that 'the Constitution is not a suicide pact.' They ruled that the liberties of the people were more important than any threat.
None of them were U.S. citizens.
THE 9/11 PILOTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Someone here on FR referred to Lincoln's statement: The Constitution is not a suicide pact. I can't think of a better way to say it.