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 ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --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? > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now > offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html