Chicken Little Redux

As political and civil rights junkies are aware, the Bush Administration has proposed a set of rules for trying terror suspects that includes allowing the admission of coerced evidence and allowing a conviction based upon evidence that the accused has not been allowed to view.

Interestingly, the biggest opponents of the Bushite approach are Republicans such as John McCain and John Warner who are concerned that gutting the Geneva Convention will send the wrong message about America and expose our own troops to abuses.

I find it ironic that so many so called conservatives want to throw out ideas that are the bedrock of our democracy just because Al Queda has blown some air up their knickers. Get used to it. The Republic will, and has, faced many a threat. If you toss out enduring principles of liberty that define this country every time you are a little scared, their ain't gonna be much left.