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To: Jerome who wrote (323)	11/23/2001 10:39:04 AM
From: Dale Knipschield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 786

Jerome, >I would be cautious about giving the CIA or the FBI special powers over our citizens. They tend to get overly ambitious.< Yes, I know what you mean. I've always been a critic of the DEA's awesome powers. Breaking in on innocent people, even killing some of them, only to find out that they had the wrong address! Also, the same stringent laws that enable them to seize property, even from those who are unwilling, or unwitting participants in drug deals. However, at no time did I suggest giving our government special powers over "our citizens". I was addressing the problems of an unchecked flood of foreigners, both legal and illegal. And I also agree that a nationwide sweep of passport and visa holders would be a better policy to pursue. However, there is an immediate need to go primary source of the problem, which is, undeniably, young Mid-Eastern men, both legal and illegal. The way I see it, we either do it, or suffer the consequences. I prefer the former. Regards, Knip

To: Jerome who wrote (323)	11/26/2001 4:52:02 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 786

Our Constitution says that "All persons are created equal" Yes, and when it was written the "All" applied only to white land owning men. We fought a civil war and have increase the meaning of all to include all US Citizens, male and female. The people of the United States do not apply the US Constitution to persons living outside of the United States. How we treat foreign nationals is a grey area and was address by the US Congress last month when it passed the Patriot Act, granting the executive branch broad powers to fight terrorism that was imported into this country by 19 men of Middle Eastern nationality.