Editorials
Next Up: Enemy Expatriation Act; Would Strip Americans of Citizenship For “Hostilities Against the United States”
With the addition of this new legislation, however, an American can first be detained forĀ engagingĀ in or materially supporting ambiguously defined terrorist activity under the Patriot Act, determined to be hostile by a secret panel, stripped of their citizenship, and then, conveniently, detained indefinitely without trial under the National Defense Authorization Act.