Bush invalidates Fifth Ammendment by Executive Order

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by BigV

I have read and reread this order and I see two actions that are now prohibited:

Violence, or the risk of violence that is:

(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or

(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;

That puts every US soldier at risk of having their assets snatched, indeed every US citizen.

Another thing I find troubling, very troubling, is the criminalization of potential. You brought up murder earlier, let's play that out a little here. If I shoot someone dead, that's murder. It's a crime, and I should be punished. But what about having a gun? There's a much greater risk of shooting someone dead if I have a gun than if I don't, and in this EO, to extend my analogy, committing murder, and the risk of committing murder are precisely equal, subject to the same penalty.

You left out one of the governments favorite charges, "Conspiracy to (fill in damn near anything). Very difficult to defend against.