{"article":{"id":18404,"heading":"Ashcroft wants American Concentration Camps","author":"mediawatcher","created":"2002-08-17 14:28:23","modified":"2002-08-22 02:00:53","last_modified":"Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:00:53","article":"

See link to L.A. Times commentary below:

(snippet)

\"Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision\"

Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft's announced desire for camps

for U.S. citizens he deems to be \"enemy combatants\"

has moved him from merely being a political

embarrassment to being a constitutional menace.

Ashcroft's plan, disclosed last week but little

publicized, would allow him to order the indefinite

incarceration of U.S. citizens and summarily strip

them of their constitutional rights and access to the

courts by declaring them enemy combatants.

The proposed camp plan should trigger immediate

congressional hearings and reconsideration of

Ashcroft's fitness for this important office. Whereas

Al Qaeda is a threat to the lives of our citizens,

Ashcroft has become a clear and present threat to our

liberties. (more at link)

http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/la-oe-turley14aug14.story<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A commentary in Wednesday's L.A. Times addressed Ashcroft's previously undisclosed desire to set up concentration camps. Surely the man is more of a threat to American liberty than the al qaeda ever was.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/08\/18404.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}