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I agree with the fact that we shouldn't be allowed to hold people during an investigation.. can you imagine being a material witness in the OJ murder and having to sit in jail for 6 months for that trial to begin? That's a gross violation of the constituion.. but regardless even if he was overheld I don't understand the dismissal of the perjury. He clearly lied about all knowledge which impeded an investigation. I'm not buying this whole he was brutalized and so therefore he should be let go crap.

The way I see it, The justice dept. did everything they could to avoid declaring martial law and suspending all liberties. They knew they would be in for criticism from the courts and have accepted it.

I think, in retrospect, they did the right thing. The suspension of liberties under martial law would have sent a shockwave through the world. The criticism is really mild IMHO.

There is no stretch if the person in question being held is not an American.

I agree with the fact that we shouldn't be allowed to hold people during an investigation.. can you imagine being a material witness in the OJ murder and having to sit in jail for 6 months for that trial to begin? That's a gross violation of the constituion.. but regardless even if he was overheld I don't understand the dismissal of the perjury. He clearly lied about all knowledge which impeded an investigation. I'm not buying this whole he was brutalized and so therefore he should be let go crap.

Nonetheless. We are in a new game now. We are dealing with an international cabal of fanatical murderers who plan to cause mayhem on our soil. It's high time for the Congress to enact new laws that apply to this specific circumstance. It's called "Situational Management". Now, I am not making an extra-constitutional argument regarding US citizens, whose rights under the US Constitution must be preserved. I am suggesting that non-citizens, who are after all VISITORS, should be treated according to the current necessities. For example, there is no reason that the US is obligated to allow people from, for lack of a better word, "suspect" nations to enter this country at all. And in fact, all foriegn nationals from these "suspect nations" should be deported immediately. And please spare me the liberal arguments (e.g. it's ultimately our loss, etc.). We are at war, and the saccharine discussion that pervades the mainstream is, IMO, misleading and dangerous. For one thing, a stern policy will provide an (otherwise absent) incentive for such "suspect nations" to get their act together.