Originally Posted by GUWonder

Remembering what's important:

... not to take innocent people at gunpoint and hold them in solitary confinement, harass or in some cases physically abuse them .... only to release them two months, six months or more than a year later without consideration of a trial or even a more impartial judge's involvement.

.... not to arrest people without informing them of the reason for their arrest, denying immediate access to a lawyer, and denying the arrested permission to see the evidence being used against them or even knowledge of the charges being levelled against them.

Of course, it's important to note that the above happens in the "New America" in the "New American Century".