John Ashcroft has taken a beating for so long that not seeing his name equated with nazism, gulags, or constitutional obliteration is a day that feels empty. I ask this question, if the Attorney General of the US is quashing debate with a huge jack boot, where is the proof? The detainees in Guantanamo? I think not, they are not US citizens but POW's. The Patriot Act? I would be the first to storm his office with a pitchfork if the government could intrude the way the left is spinning it, which they can not. We are at war not with a country, but with a group that transcends borders, nationalities, and skin color. Some more scrutiny is in order. Remember, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the liberal hero Roosevelt gathered up American citizens of Japanese origin, and put them in internment camps in Arizona. No due process, no recognition of service to their adopted country, no recourse for lost homes. Our current war is against an enemy that attacked our largest city and killed hundreds more than in 1941. I have yet to see anyone incarcerated for speaking out against Bush or his administration. If the left wants to play this game, at least stop being intellectually dishonest.