In the video clip, “Presidential Power to Detain” they discussed an issue that shocked me. A sixth-generation Lebanese American man named Nassir took great interest in the Islamic culture, and spoke the language fluently. After being on vacation he returned home to just be detained by the police. When his plan landed Nassir was waiting in line when he was taken into custody, because they thought he might have to do something with a terrorists attack. Even being an American citizen they took him into custody and was told he may not have access to a legal counsel. They had suspicion on Nassir because he had been emailing another Islamic man. Even though these emails where harmless they took this into great consideration, especially after the act of 9/11 and other bombings after that. I agreed with everything that Viet D. Dinh discussed while being asked the question what he thinks about it.
I feel the restrictions on civil liberties that are discussed in these videos are somewhat reasonable. I feel this way because ever since the 9/11 attacks they have had to buckle down on exactly who is coming in and out of our country. Even though we try not to discriminate it is also hard not to at this moment, because we’ve already made a mistake even letting the terrorist bombers on our plans in the first place. I feel if they need to make necessary steps to secure out country I think they have every right too. On the other hand I feel that once they realized that Nassir has nothing to do with any terrorist attacks that they should release him.
No comments:
Post a Comment