Since you consider yourself “enlightened,” perhaps you should actually read the article in question, which plainly states that Ali al-Marri is a legal resident of the US, not a citizen as you seem to claim.

If you have trouble understanding the difference between the two, consult any high school civics textbook.

Though al-Marri legally resided in the US under a current visa, he is an alien, not a citizen. So it seems to me that we are actually dealing with an immigration issue.

Many of the terror suspects that we have arrested are naturalized citizens who arrived in America on visas and then applied for citizenship. Others are foreign nationals who were residing here illegally, usually because their visas had expired. And then there are people like Johnny Walker, the American citizen from Marin county who ended up joining the Taliban and fighting American troops on Afghan soil.

Does Walker’s citizenship status protect him from prosecution as a enemy combatant? Should resident aliens be given the protections of citizens under the Constitution, even though they are not citizens and may be residing here illegally? Should we be more careful about screening aliens before granting them naturalized citizenship?

Despite the rhetoric of those like Harry Reid, residence does not automatically equal citizenship. Until we clear up the ambiguities between the two, we will continue to face problems similar to Mr. al-Marri’s.

I can predict what Dugger, Farris and the rest will say, Jack: “You should be pleased you want all terrorists released anyway hargle blargs” and some stuff about how we never cheer hard enough when the government capture yet another #2 man in al-Qaeda.

Come on Frank, Dugger, pedro, Farris etc. etc. you gonna let Daryl get all the crazy?

Jesus, mouth-breathing does destroy your brain.

and for totalitarian government
Henry Hudson: Bush appointee

THIS is why we need a Democratic president, so we don’t shred the Constitution.

Oh, and smarter trolls, please. There is a stronger likelihood that terrorists will come from the ranks of OW’s conservative trolls than from the Middle East.