The "Militia Panic" of 2009 | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

The "Militia Panic" of 2009 | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "In the Jose Padilla case, President Bush insisted he could legally seize American citizens on American soil and imprison them without charges for as long as he pleased. Newsweek reported in 2004 that Dick Cheney wanted that power used against any and all domestic terror suspects.

Conservative defenders of so-called 'enhanced interrogation' are rarely able to identify the 'ticking time bomb' scenarios they insist make torture necessary. But last week, Scott Roeder, Dr. Tillman's murderer, told reporters that 'similar events' were being planned even now. Might a little waterboarding loosen his tongue?"