{"id":143232,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/w3uev"},"modified":"2017-08-17T11:41:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T11:41:02","slug":"w3uev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/w3uev\/","title":{"rendered":"W3UEV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Watch<\/b>&amp;nbsp;the following segment from the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/digital.films.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=7967&amp;xtid=49977\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unconstitutional: Examining the Patriot Act<\/a>&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sneak and Peek Warrants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Write 150 word response to video. &amp;nbsp;No title page. I need cite and references to support your response. What was the video about? What was interesting to you from the video? What thought was good and bad about the topic of the video? Explain your thoughts<\/p>\n<p>Unconstitutional: Examining the Patriot Act&amp;nbsp;[Video file]. (2004). Retrieved April 16, 2017, from http:\/\/fod.infobase.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=18566&amp;xtid=49977<\/p>\n<p>Video Transcript below<\/p>\n<p>America&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;shock.&amp;nbsp;As&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;sifted&amp;nbsp;through&amp;nbsp;therubble&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;weeks&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;followed&amp;nbsp;9\/11,&amp;nbsp;thecountry&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;terrified&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;another&amp;nbsp;attack&amp;nbsp;couldoccur&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;any moment&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;any corner.&amp;nbsp;TheBush&amp;nbsp;administration&amp;nbsp;quickly&amp;nbsp;begin&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;pushthrough&amp;nbsp;sweeping&amp;nbsp;policy&amp;nbsp;changes.<\/p>\n<p>Before&amp;nbsp;anyone&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;chance&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;understand&amp;nbsp;whatwent&amp;nbsp;wrong,&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;proposed&amp;nbsp;fixes&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;went&amp;nbsp;farbeyond&amp;nbsp;fighting&amp;nbsp;terrorism.&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;happenswhen&amp;nbsp;federal&amp;nbsp;legislators&amp;nbsp;respond&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;panic.<\/p>\n<p>Congress&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;evacuated&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;theanthrax&amp;nbsp;scare,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;most&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;hangingaround&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;lawn&amp;nbsp;of the&amp;nbsp;capital.&amp;nbsp;We were&amp;nbsp;really&amp;nbsp;outof&amp;nbsp;touch,&amp;nbsp;yet&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;felt&amp;nbsp;some&amp;nbsp;desire&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;rush&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;billthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Give&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;weekend&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;read&amp;nbsp;it,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;let&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;take&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;upMonday&amp;nbsp;morning.&amp;nbsp;Hey,&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;ll&amp;nbsp;come&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;and vote&amp;nbsp;at7:00&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;Monday&amp;nbsp;morning,&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;it&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;that urgent.<\/p>\n<p>In&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Senate,&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;called&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Uniting&amp;nbsp;andStrengthening&amp;nbsp;America&amp;nbsp;Act,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;in the&amp;nbsp;House,they&amp;nbsp;called&amp;nbsp;it the&amp;nbsp;Patriot&amp;nbsp;Act&amp;nbsp;ProvidingAppropriate&amp;nbsp;Tools&amp;nbsp;Required&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;Intercept&amp;nbsp;andObstruct&amp;nbsp;Terrorist&amp;nbsp;Acts.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;compromise&amp;nbsp;wasto&amp;nbsp;call&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;both.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;USA&amp;nbsp;Patriot&amp;nbsp;Act.&amp;nbsp;But&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;realpurpose&amp;nbsp;behind&amp;nbsp;those&amp;nbsp;names,&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;course,&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;tosuggest&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;anyone&amp;nbsp;who would&amp;nbsp;criticize&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;isunpatriotic,&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;traitor.<\/p>\n<p>To those&amp;nbsp;who&amp;nbsp;scare&amp;nbsp;peace&amp;nbsp;loving&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;withphantoms&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;lost&amp;nbsp;liberty,&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;message&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;this.&amp;nbsp;Yourtactics&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;aid&amp;nbsp;terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>When&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Patriot&amp;nbsp;Act&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;first&amp;nbsp;sent&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;theCongress&amp;nbsp;by the&amp;nbsp;Bush&amp;nbsp;administration,&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;withthe&amp;nbsp;request&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;hold&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;hearings&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;so&amp;nbsp;thatthere&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;public&amp;nbsp;input&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;publicdiscourse.<\/p>\n<p>That&amp;nbsp;might&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;even&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;somewhat&amp;nbsp;acceptablehad&amp;nbsp;it been&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;bill&amp;nbsp;that was&amp;nbsp;considered&amp;nbsp;by,&amp;nbsp;andadopted&amp;nbsp;unanimously&amp;nbsp;by,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;committee,&amp;nbsp;but&amp;nbsp;it wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>For&amp;nbsp;six&amp;nbsp;weeks&amp;nbsp;previously,&amp;nbsp;Congress&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;debatedhow&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;address&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement&amp;nbsp;needs&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;thewake&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;9\/11,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;eventually&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;bill&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;craftedthat&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;bipartisan&amp;nbsp;support.<\/p>\n<p>To have&amp;nbsp;Bob&amp;nbsp;Barr&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;far&amp;nbsp;right,&amp;nbsp;Barney&amp;nbsp;Frank,far&amp;nbsp;left,&amp;nbsp;agree&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;amazing&amp;nbsp;feat.<\/p>\n<p>We&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;draft&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;bill&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;did&amp;nbsp;havevery,&amp;nbsp;very&amp;nbsp;broad&amp;nbsp;support&amp;nbsp;across&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;JudiciaryCommittee.&amp;nbsp;Unfortunately,&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;then&amp;nbsp;changed&amp;nbsp;ina&amp;nbsp;last&amp;nbsp;minute&amp;nbsp;draft&amp;nbsp;before&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;floor.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime&amp;nbsp;very&amp;nbsp;late in the&amp;nbsp;evening,&amp;nbsp;after&amp;nbsp;midnight,the&amp;nbsp;John&amp;nbsp;Ashcroft&amp;nbsp;version,&amp;nbsp;the Bush&amp;nbsp;White&amp;nbsp;Houseversion&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;substituted.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;bill&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;printed&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;3:45&amp;nbsp;AM&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;morningbefore&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;vote&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;House&amp;nbsp;floor.&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;tell&amp;nbsp;mehow&amp;nbsp;many&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;435&amp;nbsp;members&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Congress&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;achance&amp;nbsp;between&amp;nbsp;3:45&amp;nbsp;AM&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;11:00&amp;nbsp;AM&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;read&amp;nbsp;abill&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;345&amp;nbsp;pages&amp;nbsp;long.<\/p>\n<p>No&amp;nbsp;member&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Congress&amp;nbsp;read&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;legislationbefore it&amp;nbsp;was voted&amp;nbsp;on.&amp;nbsp;Not one.<\/p>\n<p>This&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;still&amp;nbsp;warm.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;off&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Xeroxmachine.&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;isn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;bill&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;adopted&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;aunanimous&amp;nbsp;36&amp;nbsp;vote&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Democrats&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Republicansof&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Judiciary&amp;nbsp;Committee.&amp;nbsp;These&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;criticalissues.&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;we&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;fighting&amp;nbsp;for.&amp;nbsp;These&amp;nbsp;areour&amp;nbsp;civil&amp;nbsp;liberties.<\/p>\n<p>The new&amp;nbsp;bill&amp;nbsp;contained&amp;nbsp;provisions&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;beenrejected&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;Congress&amp;nbsp;before&amp;nbsp;9\/11&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;evenoccurred.<\/p>\n<p>When&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;looked&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;draft,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;said,&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;ve&amp;nbsp;seen&amp;nbsp;thisbefore.&amp;nbsp;Almost&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;provisions&amp;nbsp;representedefforts&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;expand&amp;nbsp;federal&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement&amp;nbsp;power.<\/p>\n<p>They&amp;nbsp;used&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;cover&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;fighting&amp;nbsp;terrorism&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;reallygreatly&amp;nbsp;expand&amp;nbsp;federal&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement&amp;nbsp;powers.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;Patriot&amp;nbsp;Act&amp;nbsp;ultimately&amp;nbsp;passed&amp;nbsp;both&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Houseand&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Senate&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;overwhelming&amp;nbsp;support.<\/p>\n<p>This&amp;nbsp;legislation&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;essential&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;pursuingand&amp;nbsp;punishing&amp;nbsp;terrorists,&amp;nbsp;but&amp;nbsp;also&amp;nbsp;preventingmore&amp;nbsp;atrocities&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;hands&amp;nbsp;of the&amp;nbsp;evil&amp;nbsp;ones.<\/p>\n<p>President&amp;nbsp;Bush&amp;nbsp;quickly&amp;nbsp;signed the&amp;nbsp;Patriot&amp;nbsp;Act&amp;nbsp;intolaw.&amp;nbsp;It was&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Some&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;worst&amp;nbsp;violations&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;civil&amp;nbsp;liberties&amp;nbsp;havehappened&amp;nbsp;without&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;input,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;without&amp;nbsp;theauthorization,&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Congress&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;American&amp;nbsp;public.In&amp;nbsp;fact,&amp;nbsp;it&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;often&amp;nbsp;happened&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;discussionand with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;approval&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;small&amp;nbsp;number&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;menwithin&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;executive&amp;nbsp;branch.<\/p>\n<p>These&amp;nbsp;few&amp;nbsp;men&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;changed&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;character&amp;nbsp;ofAmerica.&amp;nbsp;But have they&amp;nbsp;made&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;any&amp;nbsp;safer?<\/p>\n<p>We&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;starting&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;get&amp;nbsp;calls&amp;nbsp;very&amp;nbsp;quickly&amp;nbsp;afterSeptember&amp;nbsp;11th&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;tell&amp;nbsp;us,my&amp;nbsp;cousin&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;arrested.&amp;nbsp;My&amp;nbsp;brother&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;arrested.My&amp;nbsp;uncle.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;started&amp;nbsp;inquiring&amp;nbsp;aboutwhere&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;taken&amp;nbsp;or who&amp;nbsp;took&amp;nbsp;them,&amp;nbsp;most&amp;nbsp;of the&amp;nbsp;families&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;talking&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;didn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;reallyknow.<\/p>\n<p>Right after&amp;nbsp;9\/11,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;began&amp;nbsp;arrestingimmigrants&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;Arab&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Muslim&amp;nbsp;countries&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;anunprecedented&amp;nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<p>We&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;targeting&amp;nbsp;communities&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;basis&amp;nbsp;ofstereotypes.&amp;nbsp;Hey,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;saw&amp;nbsp;someone with&amp;nbsp;a beard.This&amp;nbsp;one&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;out,&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;prays&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;kneeling&amp;nbsp;downand&amp;nbsp;putting&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;forehead&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;ground.&amp;nbsp;Must&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;aterrorist.&amp;nbsp;That&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;level&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;ignorance&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;wehave&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;country.<\/p>\n<p>People&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;essentially&amp;nbsp;presumed&amp;nbsp;guilty&amp;nbsp;untildetermined&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;innocent.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;called&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;detainees,&amp;nbsp;asif&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;simply&amp;nbsp;being&amp;nbsp;made&amp;nbsp;late&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;dinner,&amp;nbsp;butthe&amp;nbsp;reality&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;much&amp;nbsp;uglier.<\/p>\n<p>These&amp;nbsp;folks&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;kept&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;solitary&amp;nbsp;confinement,which&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;23&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;24&amp;nbsp;hours&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;day&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;lockup.&amp;nbsp;Nocontact&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;outside&amp;nbsp;world.&amp;nbsp;Sometimes,without&amp;nbsp;any&amp;nbsp;blankets&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;middle&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;winter.&amp;nbsp;Thelights&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;24&amp;nbsp;hours.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;windows&amp;nbsp;werecovered&amp;nbsp;over.&amp;nbsp;People&amp;nbsp;didn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;hour ofthe&amp;nbsp;day&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;night&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;was.&amp;nbsp;These were&amp;nbsp;terribleconditions.<\/p>\n<p>And&amp;nbsp;many&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;beaten&amp;nbsp;during&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;time.They&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;shackled&amp;nbsp;hands&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;waist&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;feet.&amp;nbsp;Theywere&amp;nbsp;strip&amp;nbsp;searched&amp;nbsp;every&amp;nbsp;time&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;leavethe&amp;nbsp;cell.&amp;nbsp;Many&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;them&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;yanked&amp;nbsp;along&amp;nbsp;the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;arrests&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;considered&amp;nbsp;secret,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;thedetainees&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;allowed&amp;nbsp;little&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;theoutside&amp;nbsp;world.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;held&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;months&amp;nbsp;eventhough&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;broken&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;criminal&amp;nbsp;laws.&amp;nbsp;TheJustice&amp;nbsp;Department&amp;nbsp;called&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;hold&amp;nbsp;until&amp;nbsp;clearpolicy.<\/p>\n<p>The hold&amp;nbsp;until&amp;nbsp;clear&amp;nbsp;policy&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;subject&amp;nbsp;ofany&amp;nbsp;public&amp;nbsp;debate,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;even&amp;nbsp;debate&amp;nbsp;withinCongress.&amp;nbsp;That&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;change&amp;nbsp;implemented&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;theJustice&amp;nbsp;Department&amp;nbsp;itself.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;done&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;thestroke&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;one&amp;nbsp;politician&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;pen,&amp;nbsp;and it&amp;nbsp;affected&amp;nbsp;thelives&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;hundreds&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;immigrants&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;across&amp;nbsp;thecountry.<\/p>\n<p>This&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;undertaken&amp;nbsp;wholly&amp;nbsp;outside&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;PatriotAct.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;simply&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;decision&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;John&amp;nbsp;Ashcroft,&amp;nbsp;avery&amp;nbsp;public&amp;nbsp;decision.<\/p>\n<p>Even&amp;nbsp;within&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Justice&amp;nbsp;Department&amp;nbsp;itself,&amp;nbsp;therewas&amp;nbsp;enormous&amp;nbsp;debate&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;controversy&amp;nbsp;aboutwhether&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;policy&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;constitutional,legal,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;correct.<\/p>\n<p>This&amp;nbsp;rule&amp;nbsp;change&amp;nbsp;will&amp;nbsp;apply&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;75&amp;nbsp;individualswho&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;currently&amp;nbsp;detained.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;same&amp;nbsp;way&amp;nbsp;McDonald&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;tells&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;manyhamburgers&amp;nbsp;they&#8217;ve&amp;nbsp;sold,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;wasgiving&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;kind&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;running&amp;nbsp;tally.<\/p>\n<p>There&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;total&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;480&amp;nbsp;peoplearrested&amp;nbsp;or&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>We have arrested&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;detained&amp;nbsp;614&amp;nbsp;persons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;detained&amp;nbsp;nearly&amp;nbsp;1,000&amp;nbsp;individuals.<\/p>\n<p>He&amp;nbsp;swept&amp;nbsp;broadly,&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;swept&amp;nbsp;blindly,&amp;nbsp;until&amp;nbsp;thenumber&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;1,000,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;startedasking&amp;nbsp;questions.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;said,&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;many&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;these1,000&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;charged&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;crimesof&amp;nbsp;September&amp;nbsp;11?&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;answer&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;zero.&amp;nbsp;Thenpeople&amp;nbsp;asked,&amp;nbsp;well, how&amp;nbsp;many&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp;people,these&amp;nbsp;suspected&amp;nbsp;terrorist,&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;charged&amp;nbsp;withany&amp;nbsp;crime&amp;nbsp;related&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;terrorism?&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;answerwas&amp;nbsp;zero.<\/p>\n<p>So&amp;nbsp;those&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;good&amp;nbsp;answers&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;thegovernment&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;perspective.&amp;nbsp;So&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;did&amp;nbsp;thegovernment&amp;nbsp;do?&amp;nbsp;In&amp;nbsp;early&amp;nbsp;November,&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;announced,we&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;longer&amp;nbsp;will&amp;nbsp;give&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;daily&amp;nbsp;tally.&amp;nbsp;It&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;toodifficult&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;give&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;daily&amp;nbsp;tally.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;wasn&#8217;tdifficult&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;them&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;thought&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;sent&amp;nbsp;themessage&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;we&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;something&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;fightterrorism.<\/p>\n<p>But&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;started&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;send&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;message,&amp;nbsp;we&#8217;relocking&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;lots&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;who&amp;nbsp;aren&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;even&amp;nbsp;chargedwith&amp;nbsp;terrorism,&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;stopped&amp;nbsp;telling&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;howmany&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;detained.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;net&amp;nbsp;result&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;our&amp;nbsp;profligate&amp;nbsp;use&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;detentionswithout&amp;nbsp;legal&amp;nbsp;representation&amp;nbsp;has&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;make&amp;nbsp;usless&amp;nbsp;safe.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;hasn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;uncovered&amp;nbsp;any&amp;nbsp;terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;really&amp;nbsp;quite&amp;nbsp;clear.&amp;nbsp;In&amp;nbsp;parts&amp;nbsp;ofthe&amp;nbsp;Constitution,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;rights&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;privileges&amp;nbsp;arereserved&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;American&amp;nbsp;citizens,&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;rightto&amp;nbsp;vote.&amp;nbsp;But&amp;nbsp;elsewhere&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Constitution,&amp;nbsp;thefounding&amp;nbsp;fathers&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;equally&amp;nbsp;explicit.&amp;nbsp;No&amp;nbsp;personshall&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;denied&amp;nbsp;life,&amp;nbsp;liberty,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;property&amp;nbsp;withoutdue&amp;nbsp;process&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;law.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;did&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;say&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;citizen.They&amp;nbsp;said&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;person.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll&amp;nbsp;never&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;exactly&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;many&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;weredetained&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;those&amp;nbsp;first&amp;nbsp;seven&amp;nbsp;weeks&amp;nbsp;alone.&amp;nbsp;We&#8217;llnever&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;who all&amp;nbsp;those&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;are.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as&amp;nbsp;September 11th,&amp;nbsp;I knew,&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;man Arab,&amp;nbsp;they&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;going&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;hate&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;ground&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;walkon.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;sure,&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;did.<\/p>\n<p>February&amp;nbsp;22nd,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;got&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;phone&amp;nbsp;call&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;7:00&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;themorning&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;my uncle&amp;nbsp;saying&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;12 to&amp;nbsp;15federal&amp;nbsp;agents&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;into&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;parent&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;house,picked&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;mom,&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;dad,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;sister.<\/p>\n<p>It was&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;terrible&amp;nbsp;day.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;will not&amp;nbsp;forget&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;life.Me&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;family.<\/p>\n<p>Around 5:30&amp;nbsp;in the&amp;nbsp;morning,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;heard&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;hard knockon&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;door.<\/p>\n<p>We wake up.&amp;nbsp;What&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;going&amp;nbsp;on?&amp;nbsp;What&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;wrong?<\/p>\n<p>I&amp;nbsp;keep&amp;nbsp;telling&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;husband,&amp;nbsp;don&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;open.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;don&#8217;tknow&amp;nbsp;who they&amp;nbsp;are.&amp;nbsp;But&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;already&amp;nbsp;there.<\/p>\n<p>I opened&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;door for&amp;nbsp;them,&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;suddenly&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;runeverywhere,&amp;nbsp;shouting.<\/p>\n<p>I thought&amp;nbsp;out house was&amp;nbsp;getting&amp;nbsp;broken&amp;nbsp;into,&amp;nbsp;or maybe&amp;nbsp;being&amp;nbsp;robbed.<\/p>\n<p>And you could hear&amp;nbsp;officers&amp;nbsp;running&amp;nbsp;around,&amp;nbsp;clear,clear,&amp;nbsp;clear,&amp;nbsp;like something&amp;nbsp;you see on TV.<\/p>\n<p>With their&amp;nbsp;guns&amp;nbsp;pointed&amp;nbsp;out,&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;pulled&amp;nbsp;theblanket&amp;nbsp;off of&amp;nbsp;me,&amp;nbsp;and said&amp;nbsp;get&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;into&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;livingroom&amp;nbsp;now.<\/p>\n<p>I was scared.<\/p>\n<p>They&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;flashlight&amp;nbsp;in my eye.<\/p>\n<p>Who&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;they?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what they were&amp;nbsp;doing.&amp;nbsp;I don&#8217;t know why.<\/p>\n<p>He&amp;nbsp;pulled&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;gun,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;he put it&amp;nbsp;right in the middle of&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;forehead.<\/p>\n<p>Then&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;looked&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;mom&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;bed.<\/p>\n<p>Right away,&amp;nbsp;there&amp;nbsp;was one&amp;nbsp;man&amp;nbsp;ordering&amp;nbsp;me&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;getup.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;said,&amp;nbsp;OK,&amp;nbsp;go away,&amp;nbsp;I need&amp;nbsp;to go&amp;nbsp;put&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;scarfon.<\/p>\n<p>He&amp;nbsp;said,&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;need&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;get&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;right&amp;nbsp;now.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;said,&amp;nbsp;youneed&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;go&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;room&amp;nbsp;so&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;can&amp;nbsp;cover&amp;nbsp;myselfso&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;can&amp;nbsp;get&amp;nbsp;up.&amp;nbsp;He won&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;let me.<\/p>\n<p>One,&amp;nbsp;he said,&amp;nbsp;I am&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;FBI,&amp;nbsp;another&amp;nbsp;said&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;mfrom&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;INS.<\/p>\n<p>He just&amp;nbsp;freaked&amp;nbsp;out.&amp;nbsp;He&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;went&amp;nbsp;crazy.&amp;nbsp;What&amp;nbsp;are you&amp;nbsp;doing?&amp;nbsp;Go you&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;a gun?&amp;nbsp;No.&amp;nbsp;No,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;don&#8217;thave&amp;nbsp;a gun.<\/p>\n<p>We&amp;nbsp;went&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;into the&amp;nbsp;living&amp;nbsp;room&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;tookpictures&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;my sister,&amp;nbsp;and we&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;crying.<\/p>\n<p>And&amp;nbsp;then,&amp;nbsp;when they&amp;nbsp;took us&amp;nbsp;outside,&amp;nbsp;theyhandcuffed&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;dad.<\/p>\n<p>They&amp;nbsp;handcuffed me&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;front&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;children.&amp;nbsp;Meand&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;wife,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Just&amp;nbsp;put&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;in the&amp;nbsp;cat,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;drove&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;to the&amp;nbsp;INSdetention.<\/p>\n<p>We&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;living&amp;nbsp;legally,&amp;nbsp;above&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;ground,&amp;nbsp;openlyin&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;country.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;obeying&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;law.<\/p>\n<p>But&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;didn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;seem&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;matter.&amp;nbsp;Safouh Hamoui,his&amp;nbsp;wife&amp;nbsp;Hanan,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;19-year-old&amp;nbsp;daughter&amp;nbsp;Nadinwere&amp;nbsp;taken&amp;nbsp;here,&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Seattle&amp;nbsp;INS&amp;nbsp;detentioncenter.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;place&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;reminded&amp;nbsp;them&amp;nbsp;of theoppression&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;thought&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;left&amp;nbsp;behind.<\/p>\n<p>Safouh&amp;nbsp;Hamoui&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;pilot&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Syrian&amp;nbsp;AirForce&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;bad&amp;nbsp;weather&amp;nbsp;forced&amp;nbsp;him&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;make&amp;nbsp;anemergency&amp;nbsp;landing.&amp;nbsp;Rather&amp;nbsp;than&amp;nbsp;receive&amp;nbsp;any&amp;nbsp;kindof&amp;nbsp;praise,&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;accused&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;attempting&amp;nbsp;toassassinate&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;passengers,&amp;nbsp;which&amp;nbsp;included&amp;nbsp;theSyrian&amp;nbsp;vice&amp;nbsp;president.&amp;nbsp;He&amp;nbsp;fled&amp;nbsp;Syria,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;appliedfor&amp;nbsp;political&amp;nbsp;asylum&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;United&amp;nbsp;States.<\/p>\n<p>He&amp;nbsp;settled&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;family&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Seattle,&amp;nbsp;and heopened the&amp;nbsp;area&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;first&amp;nbsp;Middle&amp;nbsp;Eastern&amp;nbsp;grocerystore.&amp;nbsp;For&amp;nbsp;10&amp;nbsp;years,&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;family&amp;nbsp;livedpeacefully,&amp;nbsp;until his&amp;nbsp;application&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;asylum&amp;nbsp;wasdenied&amp;nbsp;due&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;incompetence&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;his lawyer.&amp;nbsp;Hewas&amp;nbsp;ordered&amp;nbsp;deported,&amp;nbsp;but&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;remained&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;USwhile&amp;nbsp;awaiting&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;outcome&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;appeal.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;FBIcleared&amp;nbsp;Safouh&amp;nbsp;four&amp;nbsp;days&amp;nbsp;after&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;arrested,yet&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Hamouis&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;still&amp;nbsp;kept&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;prison.<\/p>\n<p>When&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;went&amp;nbsp;there,&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;heart&amp;nbsp;almost&amp;nbsp;stopped.&amp;nbsp;Myblood&amp;nbsp;pressure&amp;nbsp;went&amp;nbsp;crazy.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;so&amp;nbsp;scary,&amp;nbsp;sounfair.&amp;nbsp;What&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;going&amp;nbsp;on?&amp;nbsp;Why am I&amp;nbsp;here?&amp;nbsp;Why arepeople&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;me?<\/p>\n<p>I&amp;nbsp;just couldn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;understand&amp;nbsp;how&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;could&amp;nbsp;dosomething&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;that.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;dad&amp;nbsp;fought so&amp;nbsp;hardto&amp;nbsp;come&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;country&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;freedom,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;to beable to&amp;nbsp;live&amp;nbsp;without&amp;nbsp;fear of&amp;nbsp;prosecution&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;ofhis&amp;nbsp;religion,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;his&amp;nbsp;job,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;ofwho he is.&amp;nbsp;10&amp;nbsp;years&amp;nbsp;later,&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;find&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;thecountry&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;save&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;actuallydoing&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;same to&amp;nbsp;us.<\/p>\n<p>Why?&amp;nbsp;Why?&amp;nbsp;Because&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;m&amp;nbsp;Arabic?&amp;nbsp;Because&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;mwearing&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;scarf?&amp;nbsp;Because&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;m&amp;nbsp;proud&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;myreligion?&amp;nbsp;My&amp;nbsp;religion is&amp;nbsp;so&amp;nbsp;beautiful.&amp;nbsp;Do not&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;myenemy&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;torture&amp;nbsp;me&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;thought&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;was infreedom&amp;nbsp;country.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;can&amp;nbsp;keep&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;religion.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;canpractice&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;religion.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;can.&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;know?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re in&amp;nbsp;a four&amp;nbsp;walled&amp;nbsp;room,&amp;nbsp;and it&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;very&amp;nbsp;small.And&amp;nbsp;you&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;in there&amp;nbsp;with your&amp;nbsp;mom, and&amp;nbsp;she&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;sick,and&#8211;&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;should&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;never&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;jail,&amp;nbsp;let&amp;nbsp;alonea&amp;nbsp;solitary&amp;nbsp;room.<\/p>\n<p>Just&amp;nbsp;watching&amp;nbsp;them&amp;nbsp;behind&amp;nbsp;bars,&amp;nbsp;all three&amp;nbsp;of themwere&amp;nbsp;crying,&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;tears.&amp;nbsp;All three&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;them werein&amp;nbsp;shock.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;just&amp;nbsp;wanted&amp;nbsp;me&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;find&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;whatwas&amp;nbsp;going&amp;nbsp;on.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;why&amp;nbsp;they&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;there.<\/p>\n<p>10&amp;nbsp;months.&amp;nbsp;Just&amp;nbsp;imagine.&amp;nbsp;10&amp;nbsp;months.&amp;nbsp;Day&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;day.<\/p>\n<p>Media&amp;nbsp;attention&amp;nbsp;helped&amp;nbsp;bring&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;release&amp;nbsp;ofNadin&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;her&amp;nbsp;mother.<\/p>\n<p>I&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;hold&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;mom&amp;nbsp;faint&amp;nbsp;more&amp;nbsp;than&amp;nbsp;11&amp;nbsp;timesright&amp;nbsp;in front of&amp;nbsp;my face.<\/p>\n<p>Safouh&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;let&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;one&amp;nbsp;month&amp;nbsp;later&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;theINS&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;finally&amp;nbsp;admitted&amp;nbsp;he&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;flight&amp;nbsp;risk.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom.&amp;nbsp;That&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;I&#8217;m&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;for.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;thiscountry&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;freedom.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;found&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;fight&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;thefreedom,&amp;nbsp;and I&#8217;m&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;freedom.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter&amp;nbsp;Nadin,&amp;nbsp;her&amp;nbsp;own&amp;nbsp;memories&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;tooapparent,&amp;nbsp;rushed&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;embrace&amp;nbsp;him.<\/p>\n<p>[CRYING]<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;Hamoui&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;youngest&amp;nbsp;daughter&amp;nbsp;arrived&amp;nbsp;homefrom&amp;nbsp;school&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;find&amp;nbsp;her&amp;nbsp;father&amp;nbsp;there.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;fate&amp;nbsp;ofthe&amp;nbsp;Hamoui&amp;nbsp;family&amp;nbsp;still&amp;nbsp;hangs&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;balance.&amp;nbsp;Theymay&amp;nbsp;yet&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;deported.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve&amp;nbsp;lived&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;whole&amp;nbsp;life&amp;nbsp;since&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;three.&amp;nbsp;Idon&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;anything.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;can&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;speak&amp;nbsp;Arabic.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;can&#8217;twrite&amp;nbsp;it.&amp;nbsp;If&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;go&amp;nbsp;back&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;Syria,&amp;nbsp;I have&amp;nbsp;nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;American&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;need&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;whathappened&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;name&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;safety.&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;name offighting&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;war&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;terrorism,&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;lost&amp;nbsp;our&amp;nbsp;civilliberties&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;it.&amp;nbsp;We lost&amp;nbsp;our&amp;nbsp;freedom.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;that&#8217;swhat&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;terrorists&amp;nbsp;want.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;wanted&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;fall apart.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;wanted&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;to become&amp;nbsp;united.They wanted&amp;nbsp;us&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;separate&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;turn&amp;nbsp;against&amp;nbsp;eachother.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;think&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;might&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;has argued that&amp;nbsp;rounding&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;anddetaining&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Hamouis&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;vital&amp;nbsp;step&amp;nbsp;inthe&amp;nbsp;war&amp;nbsp;against&amp;nbsp;terror.&amp;nbsp;But&amp;nbsp;top&amp;nbsp;counterterrorismofficials&amp;nbsp;say&amp;nbsp;such&amp;nbsp;policies&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;destroyed&amp;nbsp;ourrelationship&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;very&amp;nbsp;communities&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;couldwarn&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;impendingterrorist&amp;nbsp;attack.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;first&amp;nbsp;line&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;defense&amp;nbsp;against&amp;nbsp;internationalterrorism&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;information.&amp;nbsp;It&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;intelligence.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;meanshaving&amp;nbsp;sources&amp;nbsp;within&amp;nbsp;communities.&amp;nbsp;What&amp;nbsp;wewere&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;by all&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp;roundups&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;alienatingthose&amp;nbsp;communities,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;making&amp;nbsp;them&amp;nbsp;moredistrustful&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement,&amp;nbsp;less&amp;nbsp;inclined&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;becooperative,&amp;nbsp;less&amp;nbsp;inclined&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;volunteer&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;tocome&amp;nbsp;forward&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;information&amp;nbsp;thatwould&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;material&amp;nbsp;value&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>It&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;wrong&amp;nbsp;way&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;go&amp;nbsp;around it.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;weretargeting&amp;nbsp;communities&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;which&amp;nbsp;there&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;noknown&amp;nbsp;terrorism,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;yet&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;it on&amp;nbsp;thebasis&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;stereotypes.&amp;nbsp;It&amp;nbsp;isn&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;going&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;stop&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;next9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Take&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;look&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;man.&amp;nbsp;Clean&amp;nbsp;shaven,&amp;nbsp;welldressed.&amp;nbsp;He&amp;nbsp;could&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;young&amp;nbsp;businessman,&amp;nbsp;buthe&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;fly&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;plane&amp;nbsp;into&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;World&amp;nbsp;TradeCenter.<\/p>\n<p>A&amp;nbsp;group&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;al-Qaeda&amp;nbsp;has&amp;nbsp;demonstrated&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;theyunderstand&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;American&amp;nbsp;conception&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;aterrorist&amp;nbsp;is,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;do&amp;nbsp;everything&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;can&amp;nbsp;toundermine&amp;nbsp;it.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;19&amp;nbsp;suicide&amp;nbsp;bombers&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;know,for&amp;nbsp;example,&amp;nbsp;shaved&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;beards,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;theydeliberately&amp;nbsp;avoided&amp;nbsp;mosques&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;feltthat&amp;nbsp;mosques&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;under&amp;nbsp;scrutiny&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;FBI.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;why,&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;base&amp;nbsp;your&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement,your&amp;nbsp;anti-terrorism&amp;nbsp;measures&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;stereotypes,you&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;bound&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;fail.<\/p>\n<p>Extension&amp;nbsp;14.&amp;nbsp;Message&amp;nbsp;received.<\/p>\n<p>Oh,&amp;nbsp;thank&amp;nbsp;you,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;consultation&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;makeabout&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;case&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;we&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;handling,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;werewondering&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;required&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;turn&amp;nbsp;overinformation&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;immigration&amp;nbsp;status&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;ourvictims.&amp;nbsp;It is&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;very&amp;nbsp;specific&amp;nbsp;case&amp;nbsp;where&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;mightasked&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;that,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;toeducate&amp;nbsp;ourselves,&amp;nbsp;get&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;much&amp;nbsp;information&amp;nbsp;as possible.&amp;nbsp;Please&amp;nbsp;call&amp;nbsp;me&amp;nbsp;back.&amp;nbsp;My&amp;nbsp;number&amp;nbsp;is&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Can&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;believe&amp;nbsp;that?&amp;nbsp;I have a&amp;nbsp;police&amp;nbsp;departmentcalling,&amp;nbsp;asking&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;need&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;turn&amp;nbsp;over&amp;nbsp;theimmigration&amp;nbsp;status&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;crime&amp;nbsp;victims.&amp;nbsp;Crimevictims.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;victims&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;crime.&amp;nbsp;That&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;what&#8217;shappening&amp;nbsp;since&amp;nbsp;Attorney&amp;nbsp;General&amp;nbsp;Ashcroft&amp;nbsp;hasgiven&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;idea&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;state&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;local&amp;nbsp;policeare&amp;nbsp;supposed&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;involved&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;enforcingimmigration&amp;nbsp;laws.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;victims&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;crime&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;notprotected&amp;nbsp;any longer.<\/p>\n<p>Ashcroft&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;directive&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;local&amp;nbsp;police&amp;nbsp;enforceimmigration&amp;nbsp;also&amp;nbsp;means&amp;nbsp;that,&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;immigrantwitnesses&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;crime,&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;will&amp;nbsp;now&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;afraid&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;comeforward,&amp;nbsp;fearing&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;may&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;deported&amp;nbsp;oreven&amp;nbsp;locked&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;indefinitely.&amp;nbsp;That&amp;nbsp;leaves&amp;nbsp;criminalsto&amp;nbsp;run&amp;nbsp;free&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;streets,&amp;nbsp;which&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;exactly&amp;nbsp;whypolice&amp;nbsp;departments&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Los&amp;nbsp;Angeles&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Seattlehave&amp;nbsp;policies&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;enforce&amp;nbsp;immigration&amp;nbsp;law.<\/p>\n<p>What&amp;nbsp;you&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;making&amp;nbsp;local&amp;nbsp;policemansurrogates&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;enforcement.&amp;nbsp;And&amp;nbsp;they&#8217;re&amp;nbsp;notversed&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;immigration&amp;nbsp;law.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;don&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;understandimmigration&amp;nbsp;law.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;don&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;know&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;lawis.&amp;nbsp;How&amp;nbsp;can&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;ask&amp;nbsp;them&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;go&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;enforce&amp;nbsp;it?&amp;nbsp;It&#8217;sterribly&amp;nbsp;destructive&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;local&amp;nbsp;law enforcement&amp;nbsp;timeand&amp;nbsp;resources.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;way&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;find&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;real&amp;nbsp;terrorists&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;throughthe&amp;nbsp;hard&amp;nbsp;job&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;investigative&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement.Investigating&amp;nbsp;individual&amp;nbsp;suspicious&amp;nbsp;behavior&amp;nbsp;thatpertains&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;person&amp;nbsp;who&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;doing&amp;nbsp;somethingwrong,&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;opposed&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;attacking&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;entire&amp;nbsp;segmentof&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;population.<\/p>\n<p>To&amp;nbsp;focus&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;whole&amp;nbsp;groups&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;individuals,&amp;nbsp;wholeclasses&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;individuals&amp;nbsp;who&#8217;ve&amp;nbsp;done&amp;nbsp;nothing&amp;nbsp;morethan&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;born&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;wrong&amp;nbsp;country&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;worship&amp;nbsp;thewrong&amp;nbsp;God&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;poor&amp;nbsp;law&amp;nbsp;enforcement&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;makes&amp;nbsp;usless&amp;nbsp;safe.<\/p>\n<p>But&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Justice&amp;nbsp;Department&amp;nbsp;has&amp;nbsp;ignored&amp;nbsp;therecommendations&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;counterterrorism&amp;nbsp;experts.Instead,&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;initiated&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;sweep&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;immigrants&amp;nbsp;whoworked&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;nation&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;airports&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;idea&amp;nbsp;thatsuch&amp;nbsp;mass&amp;nbsp;arrests&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;prevent&amp;nbsp;anotherhijacking.<\/p>\n<p>And&amp;nbsp;many&amp;nbsp;of the&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;who were&amp;nbsp;rounded&amp;nbsp;up,the&amp;nbsp;majority&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;Latinos.&amp;nbsp;They&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;nothing&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;dowith&amp;nbsp;terrorism,&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;terrorists&amp;nbsp;were caught.Somehow,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;felt&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;countrywould&amp;nbsp;feel&amp;nbsp;better&amp;nbsp;if&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;rounded&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;servingpizza&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;cleaning&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;airports.<\/p>\n<p>And&amp;nbsp;mass&amp;nbsp;deportations&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;secretly&amp;nbsp;begun.<\/p>\n<p>What the&amp;nbsp;federal&amp;nbsp;government&amp;nbsp;did&amp;nbsp;is,&amp;nbsp;itcommissioned&amp;nbsp;private&amp;nbsp;commercial&amp;nbsp;airliner&amp;nbsp;jetsfrom&amp;nbsp;different&amp;nbsp;airlines,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp;night&amp;nbsp;timeair&amp;nbsp;lift&amp;nbsp;deportations.&amp;nbsp;60,&amp;nbsp;70,&amp;nbsp;80&amp;nbsp;Pakistaniindividuals&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;an&amp;nbsp;airplane&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;might&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;aPortuguese&amp;nbsp;airline&amp;nbsp;jet&amp;nbsp;that would&amp;nbsp;take&amp;nbsp;off&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;themiddle&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;night&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;return&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;notified.&amp;nbsp;People&amp;nbsp;will havevanished.&amp;nbsp;Their&amp;nbsp;families&amp;nbsp;won&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;been&amp;nbsp;able&amp;nbsp;totrace&amp;nbsp;them.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;rounded&amp;nbsp;up&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;wereseeking&amp;nbsp;political&amp;nbsp;asylum&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;country.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;sentthem&amp;nbsp;back&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;place&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;were&amp;nbsp;running&amp;nbsp;from.<\/p>\n<p>Reports&amp;nbsp;began&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;filter&amp;nbsp;back&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;beentortured&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Syria,&amp;nbsp;disappeared&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Egypt,&amp;nbsp;andmurdered&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>We&amp;nbsp;put&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp;people&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;terrible&amp;nbsp;situations&amp;nbsp;allaround&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;world,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;enormity&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;that,&amp;nbsp;everyonce&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;awhile,&amp;nbsp;overwhelms&amp;nbsp;me.&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;can&#8217;t&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;thecountry&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;grew&amp;nbsp;up in.<\/p>\n<p>The&amp;nbsp;way&amp;nbsp;America&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;treated&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;detainees&amp;nbsp;wasso&amp;nbsp;bad&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Justice&amp;nbsp;Department&#8217;s&amp;nbsp;InspectorGeneral&amp;nbsp;found&amp;nbsp;it&amp;nbsp;necessary&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;issue&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;reportcondemning&amp;nbsp;what&amp;nbsp;had&amp;nbsp;occurred.<\/p>\n<p>A&amp;nbsp;report&amp;nbsp;came&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Office&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;theInspector&amp;nbsp;General&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Department&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Justicethat&amp;nbsp;basically&amp;nbsp;confirmed&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;all of&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch&amp;nbsp;the following segment from the &#8220;Unconstitutional: Examining the Patriot Act&#8221; video. 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