Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
Prior to 9/11/01 we didn't need laws and procedures to cover war against non-traditional armies. Things change whether you like it or not. I don't really see a constitutional conflict with detaining this guy as an unlawful enemy combatant. It's not the government's fault he did what he did in the current environment.
The problem I see with this is that he's a naturalized US citizen, apprehended on US soil. Unless and until he is stripped of that citizenship, he unfortunately enjoys the protections of our Constitution, which includes the right to a trial before punishment is meted out. Arguing that he is an enemy combatant places the .gov in a position to apply that designation to anyone they choose for the purposes of political expediency.