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WaPo: How a Detainee Became an Asset

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unrealizedviewpoint8/30/2009 11:31:22 am PDT

re: #317 sattv4u2

The fifth amendment doesn’t specify “citizens only”. It says “people”.

OH MY GAWD

Are you saying that the framers intent was for the Constitution Of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was meant to cover NON-citizens?

Actually yes. Inside the USA everyone, illegal or not, is covered. But in this case we are talking about ‘captured on the battlefield non-combatants’ who are NOT protected by the Constitution.