Kennedy, relating the story to his colleagues and members of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission this past week, asked, "How in the world are average Americans going to be treated if they get on that list?"
Cincinnati Post article
Well, Mr. Democrat protector of citizen's rights, I think you damned well know - there's been plenty of stories. Or maybe you just don't care to look at these things until they affect you personally. Kind of like how you didn't seem to know that all the Bushit fed to you about Iraq's WMDs was faked or exaggerated until after you voted to invade Iraq, when the whole of bloggerdom knew all along.
The New York Times...reported on Abdullah al Kidd, an American citizen who played basketball at the University of Idaho and was a doctoral student in Islamic studies. He was handcuffed and arrested in March 2003 at Dulles International Airport near Washington on suspicion of knowing a suspected terrorist. He said he sat naked in isolation for hours, imprisoned and eventually forced to live in a small apartment with his in-laws instead of returning to school. The legal justification for holding him was the federal material-witness law. A few weeks ago, having never been charged with a crime or called as a witness in any case, he was released.
Meanwhile, he's lost his scholarship and his wife and his daughter and his reputation.
This should make the blood of every American boil. It is as frightening as the arrest of any innocent citizen in any of the world's worst dictatorships. But it happened a few miles from the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Pentagon and the Justice Department, which condoned it. About 60 other Americans have been held under the material-witness law since 9/11.
Meanwhile, he's lost his scholarship and his wife and his daughter and his reputation.
This should make the blood of every American boil. It is as frightening as the arrest of any innocent citizen in any of the world's worst dictatorships. But it happened a few miles from the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Pentagon and the Justice Department, which condoned it. About 60 other Americans have been held under the material-witness law since 9/11.
But it won't make their blood boil. American citizen or not, Abdullah wasn't a real American. Not with a name like that. And what would a real American be doing in Islamic studies? You can't be too careful. Not when hordes of Muslims are out there trying to kill us just for being Christians and Americans. Nope. Not a lot of red-blooded Americans will be doing any boiling.
On suspicion of knowing a terrorist. Naked in isolation. Under government control for over a year.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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