>Chris, on the issue of Boumediene, here's a question....what was the man doing in Afghanistan to begin with?
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>Keep in mind, these are NOT U.S. citizens - while I have mixed feelings about torture, these are NOT U.S. citizens and do not have the same rights. Some of these detainees are al-Qaeda, captured right on the battlefield.

Don't you believe there is such a thing as inalienable rights, not limited to U.S. citizens or narrowly defined by U.S. statutes? I do.