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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:09 PM
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ACLU slams Senators: The Constitution is not ‘optional’
ACLU slams Senators: The Constitution is not ‘optional’

http://rawstory.com/2010/01/aclu-oppose-making-constitution-optional/

By Stephen C. Webster
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 -- 10:29 pm

Four U.S. Senators are pursuing legislation they believe would fix the "mistake" President Obama made with the man who allegedly failed to blow up a Christmas Day flight into Detroit.

That "mistake" was treating him like a serious criminal, tossing him in jail and planning a trial.

Nevertheless, Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Robert Bennett (R-UT) and John Ensign (R-NV) are pushing legislation that would require civilian authorities to consult with intelligence leaders when taking an accused terrorist into custody.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:12 PM
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1. C'mon. It's Joe. Joe Lieberman. What chance do you think Harry Reid is going to let THIS
beauty make its way out of Committee to a full Senate vote? Quid pro quo.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:16 PM
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2. Lieberman and Ensign - Wow, a lot of credibility there......nt
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:17 PM
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The way that the German police had to consult with the Gestapo, or Russian law enforcement had to consult with the KGB?

Never would have thought that Collins was a police stater, maybe the people of Maine need to really look at her.

Lieberman, Bennett, and Ensign, now those three I can see as advocates of a police state!
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