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In reply to the discussion: For Your Consideration... U.S. Assassinations Of American Citizens.. [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)The term "terrorist" was used to put the person into the camp.
It was not enough to be Jewish, or to be subversive. The Nazis carefully found some charge by which they could label one a "terrorist."
For instance, the crime against the state with which the Anne Frank family was charged was terrorism proven by the family owning a wireless radio.
And look back into the Nineteen Teens, when those IWW folks were attempting to end the normal, day-to-day tyranny of outrageous hours with little pay - the second that the USA entered the First World War, those people were called "enemies of the state." Speaker after speaker in Congress denounced them for aiding and abetting the Germans. And so many of the IWW people did prison sentences.
Anyway Eric holder sounded like a total fruitcake in using his daft definition of "Due process and judicial process are..."
Mr Obama, this person is not someone I envisioned being in such a high position in your Administration. Did you not realize that he once was counsel for Death squad leaders south of the border?
I feel ashamed for you. Whatever will you tell Sasha and Malia when they are old enough to understand these matters?