The legal system, as screwed into America as tightly as it is, was designed with loopholes. They’re the lawmakers' back door. No one above the law, but there are still so many untouchables out there. Lawmakers and legal defenders are among them. There are a lot of good people out there forming inquest boards to keep the law-abiding civil servants and legal advisers law-abiding, and that’s why we’ve let the system stay as screwed as it is, but we’ve a new criminal element in our midst today. The new untouchables -- homegrown terrorists.

You cannot physically try a criminal when no physical crime has been committed -- simply because there would then be no physical criminal. Bobby Kennedy spent some time hammering that one into Congress in the early 60s. Had something or other to do with some Constitution, and the illegality of arresting people so they won’t have the opportunity to commit a crime...?

Well, here we are.

One of the things needed to be done is to slow the big wheels a bit. CIA and FBI are a little antsy these days, with media attacks coming at them from all sources. What they need to do is try the case prior to the arrest, that is to say a mock-trial to see if what they have will stick. Now the only way it would work would be for the law enforcers to hire the legal defenders to counter their prosecution -- sort of help them sew up the holes.

It's still a catch-as-catch-can plan, since the real defense would come from the defendants themselves, and people you might have under surveillance could become suspicious if you were to stop them on the street and start asking them to validate their actions over a certain period of time.

Too many loopholes today to catch the sleepers, and that’s just what they like. We can only prosecute the ones who complete their suicide attacks, after they’ve wiped out a family in a grocery store -- an idea that would probably have Bowser cheering in the streets, I’m sure. The only fix for it would be a complete revamp of the nation’s legal structure, and I would have to be a strong defender for the current, flawed system. Taking it apart and putting back together for the sole purpose of capturing Americans who have not committed a physical crime stinks to high heaven.

We just need to take each case slow and deliberate, and the snatch should only occur if the physical evidence gathered supports an actual crime. Pulling me over on an entrance ramp just because my car’s speedometer goes up to 100 mph is bogus. In this country, potential threats are not illegal.

Still no easy answers,
Dan
--ps--
Bet Bowser wants to use all this against my Iraqi hit list (LOL).