"I'm now putting together legislation [so that] any individual American citizen who is found to be involved in a foreign terrorist organization, as defined by the Department of State, would be deprived of their citizenship rights," Lieberman said. (ID-Conn)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) agreed with Lieberman: "Americans should lose their citizenship rights "if they're designated an enemy combatant"
"If someone acts like a terrorist and cooperates with people intent on war against the United States, they should be treated as terrorists and not as a common criminal. And no, they should not be read their Miranda rights," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).
"If this individual has information that could help us prevent future attacks and loss of life, nothing should stand in the way of that, including Miranda rights," -Marco Rubio (R)
McCarthyism Alive and Well in Congress.. are you now or have you ever been affiliated with a terrorist organization?
The idea of granting unelected members of the State Department the power to strip an American of their citizenship would be absurdly funny if they weren't serious.
~Finntann~
