"thunder" wrote in message

.....that he would limit civil liberties to
American citizens. In point of law, they are extended to anyone on
American soil, citizens and non-citizens, and I personally think they
should be extended to anyone under American control, e.g. Guantanamo. If
my assumption was in error, my apologies.

No apology necessary, we deal here with a great deal of personal opinion and
interpretation. While true that we have, under law extended general
constitutional protections to anyone on our soil, I believe we have done so
at our discretion. In truth, I don't know any courts' holdings on the
subject, but my readings do not show me that we need *guarantee*
constitutional protections to non-citizens.