Guarding our Rights
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair confirmed in Congressional testimony that “Being a US citizen will not spare an American from getting assassinated by military or intelligence operatives overseas if the individual is working with terrorists and planning to attack fellow Americans.” No American should "be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law" according to the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. US Representative Dennis Kucinich spoke recently with Democracy Now regarding this issue.
This concerned Congressman Kucinich and it should concern us. This may not seem like a big deal at first glance, but every American citizen should have the rights of a citizen, including due process of law. If someone is suspected of committing the above mentioned crime, shouldn't they be tried for treason and convicted before they are executed? In ancient times, being a Roman citizen guaranteed a man certain rights; Saul of Tarsus, also known as Paul, used those rights to protect his life on several occasions. Should being an American citizen give one any less protection? One of the reasons that our founding fathers fought for those rights was because in Europe at that time, one could be accused by a nobleman and imprisoned on a whim. The Marquis de Lafayette gave George Washington one of the keys to the Bastille as a gift. That key still hangs on the wall at Mount Vernon today. Our rights protect citizens from being falsely accused; we need to guard those rights.
Posted by SustainUsRestoreUs.com at 2/11/2010 1:57 AM 
Categories: our crazy world
Tags: Paul Democracy Now Dennis Kucinich Fifth Amendment
Categories: our crazy world
Tags: Paul Democracy Now Dennis Kucinich Fifth Amendment
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