Week 5 - Person 4

Adam started off the week discussing how he felt like this weeks blog was one of the most important topics we have covered so far in the class and even described it as ' eye-opening'. He discusses how he agrees with the idea that some things going on in America should be made public to spread the awareness of potential dangers that face our society, but also there are some things that are better left a secret to protect our country and to make sure that people do not panic. Adam also stated that he believed the roles of civil power versus military power should stay the way that they are, because the balance is one of the many things that set the United States apart from other countries

Becca posted next, starting off by agreeing with the seriousness of the food poisoning that Adam mentioned in his post, and provided a link to the CBS news website which showed a video of the latest terrorist threat facing America. She went on to discuss the detainment of potential terrorist and stated that if they are held to long without any reason it could start up unnecessary controversy. She finished off her post by stating that people in the United States are to quick to label people who look different as terrorist. That people need to start being less judgemental and realize that America is many different groups of people living together as one.

Charissa posted third, commenting on how she agreed with parts of the video Becca had linked in her post. She talked mainly about agreeing with the idea of a significant amount of time for potential terrorist to be detained given that there can be proof of probable cause. She went on to post a link to a CNN.com website she found discussing how the United States is looking to have a man extradited for his role in planning a bombing that killed 5 U.S. soldiers. They believe that if the man is not detained that he poses a serious threat to the people in the United States and our soldiers in Iraq. She used the link as an example of probable cause to detain a terrorist.

T.J. posted next, talking about how he liked Adam's take on civil power vs. military power and agreeing with how the balance should remain the same. He expanded a bit on the issue of terrorist attacks against the food and water in the United States and how serious of a threat it really is. He mentioned that many people just assume that all terrorist attacks against the U.S. will be directly on humans through things like bombs, but it would be very possible for terrorist to poison the food and water we provide for our livestock which provides a direct link to the majority of food people consume today.

Jacob posted last, talking about how he felt that Nassir, a man mentioned in the Presidentals Power to Detain segment was held unfairly by the United States. He did not understand how a person could be detained for simply exchanging e-mails with a person who the United States had been keeping tabs on. He stated how he thought not being able to have a lawyer was extremely unfair especially since he was being detained previous to any questioning. Jacob provided a link to Wikipedia which provided the information on Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and used it as an example of how the United States detainees suspected terrorist, stating that the treatment of detainees there goes against the moral values believed to be held by the United States and it's something he still does not understand fully to this day.