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ACLU sues Ashcroft over detainees

Greg — 12/6/2001 4:03:59 PM (archived)

<Since Sept. 11, hundreds of people have been arrested, detained and virtually disappeared from public sight," said Steven Shapiro, legal director for the ACLU. "That may be the way other countries operate; it is not the way this country functions

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ACLU sues Ashcroft over detainees - Greg - 12/6/2001 4:03:59 PM
- I think the ACLU needs to go help liberate Afghanistan. - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 4:40:37 PM
  - Was it Ashcroft or was it Rumsfeld - alcaray - 12/6/2001 5:54:24 PM
    - The lawsuit is appropriate - FrankC - 12/6/2001 7:32:44 PM
    - I agree: power must be balanced by accountability - ebnelson - 12/6/2001 6:03:07 PM

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