How Low Can We Go

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061014/ap_on_re_us/detained_indefinitely">1 man still locked up from 9/11 sweeps </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In a jail cell at an immigration detention center in Arizona sits a man who is not charged with a crime, not suspected of a crime, not considered a danger to society.<br />n<br />nBut he has been in custody for five years.<br />n<br />nHis name is Ali Partovi. And according to the Department of<br />nHomeland Security, he is the last to be held of about 1,200 Arab and Muslim men swept up by authorities in the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThis is not normal, or right. Charge him or release him. Why are we still holding him? Someone needs to explain. He was sweeped up in the panic after 9/11 and still sits. It's sad our country has sunk so low.<br />n<br />n<strong>Our nation is somewhat sad, but we're angry. There's a certain level of blood lust, but we won't let it drive our reaction. We're steady, clear-eyed and patient, but pretty soon we'll have to start displaying scalps. George W. Bush</strong><br />n<br />nThink about this quote. Is this America? Do we want scalps? Is Ali Partovi one of them? Shameful.