>But we can't just chuck due process out the window. This country was founded and has existed for 230 years on bedrock principles of individual rights. If we discard those principles for what we perceive as expediency we become no better than our enemies.
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>Due process is for criminals. These people are not criminals. They are terrorists. There is a big difference.

And that is?

What you say seems uncomfortably close to the Cheney-Bush position that these are bad guys, trust us, and we're not going to bother with the rules. I am profoundly uncomfortable with that.