Should former Attorney General John Ashcroft be sued for locking up a U.S. citizen as a witness?

[G_j]

WSJ poll:

Should former Attorney General John Ashcroft be sued for locking up a U.S. citizen as a witness?

http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/question-day-229/topics/should-former-attorney-general-john?commentid=1680679



The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued over allegations that he abused federal law to lock up a U.S. citizen as a "material witness." A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled last year the suit could go forward. The panel's majority called the government's assertions "repugnant to the Constitution," while the government said it took necessary steps to get information in a terror investigation.

What do you think? Should high-ranking U.S. officials have immunity, especially when dealing with terrorism? Or should the Constitution have prohibited the maneuver, and should Ashcroft face prosecution?

[Demeter]

1. He Should Be Jailed for Life for Treason and War Crimes

[ixion]

2. exactly...

as should all the other neocon creeps involved.

[elocs]

3. The list of things that "should" happen is endless,

only matched by the things that shouldn't happen.

[Solly Mack]

4. No immunity. It's a government of thugs that demands immunity for crimes it

commits. (all the while insisting its citizens obey the law) If no one is above the law - prove it. Or stop saying it.

[WinkyDink]

5. "Immunity"?! Bwahahahahaha! Mitchell, Colson, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman left some cells empty.....

http://www.fact-index.com/w/wa/watergate_scandal.html

[Supersedeas]

9. as the American Bar Association sits on their collective hands

[Supersedeas]

6. Remember when our current Attorney General called US a nation of cowards.

[madrchsod]

7. we fought against this very thing during the revolution.

washington forbid torturing british soldiers while they tortured and murdered our troops and civilians.

our nation has officially sanctioned torturing and stripping our rights as a means to an end. it`s sick and perverted but that is what our leadership wants and that is what they will get.

i guess i`d better not say anything more on this...

[sinkingfeeling]

8. 'Yes' is ahead with 65 votes.