"President Barack Obama has signed a death knell for the Bill of Rights."

[sabrina 1]

87. In a way you are more correct than you realize.

Many of the victims of Bush policies have tried to be heard in this country, but have been refused a hearing because, they are told, of 'national security'.

But you can reach many of them in other countries where they are still attempting to get some justice for the wrongs done to them. But yes, the Bill of Rights has been seriously damaged and there ARE victims. Otoh, if being a Brit or French or Canadian, or worst of all in this country today, Muslim makes them lesser human beings therefore less entitled to justice, I suppose so long as some people believe that being American exempts them from such violations of their human rights, they will not get justice.

Until a bill like this comes along and puts Americans in the same danger all those other lesser beings know so well. Maybe in a perverse way this was necessary to awaken more of the American people to the fact that once you refuse basic human rights to anyone, everyone is in danger.