Does being an enemy combatant who took US citizenship under false pretenses entitle him to full immunity?
The Bill of Rights was intended to preserve the rights of Americans, not of enemy combatants masquerading as something they are not. An Islamic terrorist has by definition taken a false oath, as he certainly does not bear “true faith and allegiance” to the United States. He had no intention of defending it against its enemies. He is one of its enemies. During WW2, Nazi Germany sent a number of saboteurs into the United States, one of whom was a US Citizen. They were not given Miranda Warnings, obviously. They were not treated with kid gloves. They were tried by a military tribunal and executed less than two months after they arrived in the United States. Read that again. Less than 2 months. If you want to understand why we won WW2 and are losing the war now, consider the implications of what you just read. The old United States could take an enemy combatant, arrest him, try him, run the decision through the Supreme Court, and still execute him in under two months. We’re lucky if we can
