The quote below describes the crux of this issue. Our freedoms are terribly important to who we are as Americans. Nevertheless, our Constitution never envisioned this sort of war with the weaponry potentially available. The consequences of terrorism are so frightful if these bastards should explode a dirty nuke or some other device of mass destruction, that dealing with suspected terrorists in the manner we have been is perfectly justified for non-citizens of the U.S. That to me is the crucial distinction that is omitted by those who advocate for 'rights' for suspected terrorists. If they're citizens, they certainly should have the right of due process. If not, and suspected of terrorism, they do not have those same rights.
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"The administration is fighting for nothing less than the death of due process for anyone it rounds up, no matter how arbitrarily, in its enemy combatant sweeps. Such tyrannical powers should offend anyone who cares about such old-fashioned notions as the rule of law, checks and balances, and constitutional guarantees.
Under the procedures set up by the administration for dealing with the detainees, we have no way of distinguishing between a terrorist committed to mass murder and someone who is completely innocent."
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