Her quote is accurate, I saw it many places. Try a Google. Gonzales
did say that. When Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, it was for a
limited time for a war of limited duration. A war in the field,
armies battling armies. This war on terror has been [rightly]
compared more to the war on organized crime, or on drugs, it will go
on for generations.
Nancy
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--Daniel Boone
On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Basil Forest wrote:
> The first president of the US to decide that he need not accord the
> right of
> habeas corpus to US citizens was Lincoln. See, Ex Parte
> Merryman,Federal
> Cases No. 9487 (1861);
>
> The Constitution does give the Congress the right under limited
> circumstances to temporarily waive the right of habeas corpus.
> See Article I, Section 9.
>
> I doubt your quote from the Attorney General is accurate. Do you
> have a
> cite?
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