Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
President Bush said today that Jose Padilla, the man arrested in an alleged plot to spread radioactive material across parts of America, is one of many "would-be killers" the United States has in custody. And there will be more, he promised.
"This guy Padilla's one of many who we've arrested," Bush said in a Cabinet Room meeting on his proposed overhaul of homeland security programs.
"The coalition we've put together has hauled in 2,400 people. And you can call it 2,401 now. There's just a full-scale manhunt on. ... We will run down every lead, every hint. This guy Padilla's a bad guy and he is where he needs to be, detained."
O.K. is Bush threatening to arrest more people or announce arrests his administration hasn't publicly revealed? Or both? There is a difference.
And should every "bad guy" end up being "detained" without due process?
Personally I think so long as war has not been declared those accused of terrorist actions or plotting terrorist actions should have full access to the legal system.
