This weeks blog is a point on civil liberties that is very intersting to me and a point that I have had strong feelings on. In the Presidentials Power to Detain segment, Nassir, a sixth-generation Labanesse American, is detained when he returns from vacation. He is detained on the sole purpose that he has been exchangeing emails with someone that the United States was had been watching. In the segment, it is discussed that Nassir could be detained for a period of time before he is even allowed a lawyer. How can this be right? How can someone be detained just for exchangeing emails with someone and not even be allowed a lawyer? I get the fact that he is not being arrested or thrown in jail, and if the United States are just questioning him to see if he poses as a threat then when they are done conducting the interview, let him go. I personally think that the United States should not be allowed to detain someone like this, especially if he is a U.S. Citizen.
I think that if you are held on the sole basis of suspicion then this is not civially right and the United States should not have that power. Some of these suspected terrorist are kept at a detaining facility called Guantanamo Bay. This is a facility that over the years has got lots of media attention. It is a very secret facility that holds suspected terrorist for questioning. This facility has been accused of treating the detainees with abuse and torture in order to attain information. I feel that this is another reason why the the U.S. shouldnt be allowed to hold someone for a stupid reason like Lassir had. Why would the U.S. go against it's own values and torture detainees? It's a question that i've always asked and still wonder to this day.
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