Signed in the fields of Runnymede in 1215, the magna carta guaranteed protection against unlawful imprisonment by instituting habeas corpus, appeal to a higher body. President Bush and John Ashcroft have decided that this right no longer applies to certain American citizens, such as Yaser Esam Hamdi. History will not look kindly on their betrayal of the freedoms that America represents. I never expected to read these words about the US government: “The government argued today that it was perfectly legal to hold an American citizen in custody without filing charges against him and without giving him access to a lawyer.”
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