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I'm definitely not a fan of Ashcroft, though I did vote for Bush. Just wish his idea of an Attorney General was a bit better. My dad feels differently. I hope I don't have to tell him "I told you so" in 3 years.
Anyway. I hadn't heard about the death in prison, but I do remember reading a report that all those who were detained were able to talk to their lawyers. Or rather, were not denied access to lawyers. Whether or not that access was made easy, I'm not sure.
I think a lot of Americans are too busy pumping gas into their fuel-guzzling SUV's to think about the implications of what's happening right now and whether or not it's being enacted fairly. To be sure, the vast majority of terrorists that are going to be involved in this (and were involved in it) are of Arab descent. But that doesn't mean we should have rounded up the Japanese like we did some ~60 years ago.
Unfortunately, things like this are never black and white.
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