Re: How NSA access was built into Windows

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On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 15:56 +0000, John Bowden wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:15 -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 23:37 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 22:20:23 -0500,
> > >   Lyvim Xaphir <knightmerc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Phil is a United States citizen.  As such he would not have been put in
> > > > Gitmo.  Club Gitmo is reserved for non-US combatants; as such they do
> > > > not fall under the purview of the US Constitution.
> > > 
> > > Bush claims to be able to declare anyone an emeny combatant and then be
> > > able have done pretty whatever he wants to you.
> > 
> > What US citizens have been declared enemy combatants?
> Maybe the American found fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan during
> the Afghan invasion?

We've already been over this.  His citizenship was established and he
was turned over to authorities within the US.  So it's not "maybe", it's
"no".


> > 
> > 
> > > The US constitution protects the rights of noncitizens (at least it used to)
> > > as well as citizens.
> > 
> > 
> > "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
> > Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
> > common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of
> > Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
> > Constitution for the United States of America."
> > 
> > The Constitution's primary purpose is to outline the rights of US
> > citizens, not non-citizens.  That's what the Constitution does.  Which
> > is the whole reason non-citizens are trying to become US citizens in the
> > first place.
> > 
> > LX
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> So your constitution makes it illegal to lock up and torture US citizens
> but its not illegal to lock up and torture none US citizens, - without
> due course to a court and proof they are guilty. Its this two tier form
> of democracy that the Arab states are so suspicious of.

If you want to know what's legal with regard to the constitution I
suggest you read it.  In the meantime, if you are not a US citizen and
you are actively working against the US, that's your little red wagon.

As I've said before, this political discussion is better suited for the
MandrakeOT list; links are in the sig below.

LX
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