Monday, June 10, 2002

You know, there may be very good reasons to hold The Dirty Bomber as they are. But, "he's a terrorist blahblahblah," and "you liberals want us all to die blahblahblah" are not adequate justifications for it. Paul Begala I believe (only half heard) was making the point this evening. The burden should be on Ashcroft and the administration to explain why this is necessary. In the post-9/11 environment no one forced them too. Hopefully, in post-post-9/11 someone will.

And, it isn't just an issue of concern for civil liberties. Some Judge might just throw out the entire prosecution's case on this one if he does ever find his way back into the criminal justice system due to how the case is handled.