Terrorists should love us now

If, as the president absurdly proposes, the terrorists hate us because of our freedom, then we are about to have a new group of friends.

The new military tribunal law includes the power of the president to declare anyone (U.S. citizen, or otherwise) an enemy combatant. Once this is done, there is no right to habeas corpus. Without this right, we are at the mercy of the president to determine who can challenge their detention by the authorities.

The right to challenge imprisonment is what separates us democracy from tyranny.

This is truly a sad day.