Americans are *really* in over their heads.

This happened while I was oblivious to world news in europe, but I had no idea the American gov't had gone this far.

From the 2006 Military Commissions Act signed by President George W Bush:

(g) Geneva Conventions Not Establishing Source of Rights- No alien unlawful enemy combatant subject to trial by military commission under this chapter may invoke the Geneva Conventions as a source of rights.

Great shit, that's scary. So while Tessa and I were in New York, and had been suspected terrorists, they could have arrested and detained us, with no access to a lawyer.