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  • In lieu of those checks and balances central to our legal system, non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury and jailer or executioner. In an Orwellian twist, Bush's order calls this Soviet-style abomination 'a full and fair trial.'

    "Essay; Seizing Dictatorial Power" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. November 15, 2001.
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