Constitution? What constitution?

Check out this article on the Huffington Post. My stance on the holding of "terrorist" prisoners without benefit of trial has been documented. I have heard the arguments: "Terrorists don't have rights," etc., etc. But of course we find out that some of the people being held in secret prisons, without trial, and without recourse, are not terrorists.

Imagine that. What then? "Sorry we beat you almost to death"? Cripes, we aren't even willing to do that (apologize), let alone recompense those whom we have wronged. I say it's un-American. I say it's wrong. I say the Constitution was written with the protections included (all right, I know they're in the Bill of Rights, but they're still part of the Constitution) for a reason. Because it wasn't better left unsaid. These things were important enough that they be spelled out, lest we forget them over time, and in the end be no better than those who would oppress us. (At that time it was the British; today it's the real terrorists.)

Our Constitution and historical stand on human rights are what separate us from our enemy. There is no expediency worth throwing away these rights--these protections. A good reputation takes years to develop. It can be irreparably lost in a moment.