He doesn't even get a tribunal.
He has to wait until the end of the "war".

--rant--
I'm really surprised the lawyers haven't latched onto the fact that we are calling this a war, and yet it really isn't a war because Congress hasn't declared a war. Congress can't really declare a war like we did in WWII because during a "declared" war practically all insurance policies exclude damage from war activities and some are null and void. Thus, banks are afraid of losing money from property damaged by "enemies" during a war. Most home loans require that you insure your home. If a war is declared and you can't insure your home, you can't keep it. However, if we avoid the use of the word "war" and we don't declare one, then the bankers are happy, but the insurers aren't? Maybe that's why Korea and Vietnam weren't wars. The Gulf War didn't qualify because all the action was overseas and there were very few threats to the homeland. Yet, we're not in a declared "war", but Ashcroft and company have the right to detain an American citizen indefinitely without his having a lawyer. He doesn't even get a lawyer or tribunal?
--/aside rant--
--another rant--
I've always felt that we have been much too lax about citizenship, even with those of us who were born here. I'm in favor of requiring all adult males and females to either serve 1-2 years in military service or in the peace corps, or some other "service" organization for their citizenship. I think we have been much to lax in letting foreigners in the U.S., even to the point that we don't even have an effective border patrol. We have no idea who is even in our country. I would guess that most Al Quieda did not just show up at an airport and go through customs. I suspect most probably went to Mexico or Canada and crossed via car or on foot, without anyone even checking an id. The great wall of China kept out invaders for centuries, and helped China effectively control their borders. We will have to do the same. Sadly, we can no longer offer freedom to everyone, only to those who will take citizenship seriously and stand with us when we are attacked.
--/another rant--

A sad day for America. Enemies of freedom will turn us into another Israel.

Glen Austin