More of J Edgar Hoover's papers were released this week-it discussed Hoover's plan to jail 12,000 Americans that Hoover had spent years compiling. No cause would have been needed, Hoover had plans for prisons and military bases to be used to house the American citizens. The only trials the American citizens were going to be eligible for was by a military person and two civilians. The US President at the time refused to institute the plan, even though we were just getting involved in the Korean war.
Could this happen again, but this time, US citizens would be arrested, held indefinitely, with limited access to trial? Why or why not?
2007-12-23
16:13:17
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edith clarke
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Politics