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Nice that the Japanese internment camps were mentioned. That goes to show that during times of war, the US government does some things that might not be good for *some* people, to protect the rest (be that protection real or imagined).
As the US has technically declared war on terror, suspected terrorists have to suffer along with real ones, just like innocent US-Japanese had to suffer along with "real" Japanese during WW2. It may not be totally legal, nor very nice, but so be it.
There's another option, of course. We in the Netherlands do not have specific anti-terror laws. This has meant that a couple of suspected terrorists were put on trial and *released* because the secret service had used unauthorized phone-taps to get evidence. This evidence was ruled illegal, and the case was thrown out...
Now, if these guys were indeed terrorists, their release would suck big time. I don't think they could be trusted - they had some serious interest in Muslim extremism, they had suspected links to Al-Qaida, and on the whole, most Dutch people agreed they should have remained in jail... But because of legal technicalities, they were released. In fact, because of this legal precedent, prosecutors have complained that they cannot arrest terrorists until *after* they blow people up. How fucked up is that???
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