Remember, "Detainees" = "Prisoners"

Sent a note by email to Nancy Pelosi, after seeing her on a press conference on the news or C-Span. I was at a friend's house, on our way out, so I didn't catch all the details, but she gave three reasons for the following. The third escapes me, so I didn't list it, but it wasn't the third thing that I thought was most important!

Hi,

Saw some of your press conference on TV today. You gave a reporter three reasons why detainees in the so-called War on Terror should receive Habeas Corpus rights. Two of these were to protect American soldiers, and to protect American citizens. I think it's equally important that we emphasize protecting innocent accusees, be they foreign or domestic. We already know that innocent people are sometimes convicted, even with all procedural rights allocated to them. Without Habeas Corpus, the innocent don't stand a chance, and unscrupulous people in government, even our own President, have the increased capability to simply make people they don't like disappear, on a mere pretext of some arbitrary designation. It is no more acceptable that this happens to a Muslim or someone of foreign citizenship than to a Christian or an American Citizen. We must be a country that neither tortures people nor arbitrarily takes away their freedom. At least I hope that's what our Constitution means.