As I understand the latest push by our Attorney General, Justice Department and the present Administration is one that ALL citizens of this country should be aware of and stand against shoulder to shoulder. The Attorney General at the request of the White House has petitioned Congress to declare the world as a war zone so that we do not have to get permission to track, apprehend and punish those who this administration declares to be a threat real or otherwise to this country's National Security. The unfortunate part of this is that it would allow the Bush administration to side step our very own "Constitution" and "Bill of Rights" wether it is justified or not. Who ever is targeted by this illigel act would for the most part become simply stated a "War Prisoner", which by the way includes every man, women and/or child in this country because the broad based assumption that we would have the right to target ANYONE right or wrong. There would be NO rights to councel, no need for charges, no proof of quilt and no one would have the right to sue for false imprisonment, they would simply disappear from sight to the rest of the world.

This country was and still is founded on the presumption of innocent until proven guilty and this blatant attempt to circumvent this proven system is an outright attempt to take away ANYONES Freedoms for virtually nothing more than an accusation or possibility. This country has, since it's inception been the worlds vision of what FREEDOM is all about and a huge part of that Freedom it born out of our rights as a Free Society to have our say and to face our accusers in an open court with representation. Yes, to be sure there are those who will manipulate the system but the idea is to make sure that even one person who is truely NOT Guilty is not incarcerated unjustly. It is better to let a pack of jerks go than to take anyones rights away who has not done anything wrong.

This country's citizens have always been willing to give up our lives to protect those principles that insure our continued way of life. Our "Constitution" and "Bill of Rights" are NOT found ANYWHERE else in the world and are standards by which Free Peoples rally around. As a Vietnam Veteran I find it hard to believe that ANYONE in this country would back such a complete turn-a-round to our justice system as is proposed by the White House. It is surprising that this administration tries to belittle ANYONE who they deem as Not supporting our troops but turn around and try to change the very core of what our soldiers have been giving their all to protect these many years.