Now That You Could be Labeled an Enemy Combatant

[AzCivic]

Originally Posted by GT40FIED

Huh? What? I've been gone all day. Maybe I'll look into it when I get bored. Then again, I really don't see how the line you posted necessarily excludes US citizens. There really doesn't need to be anything about US citizens specifically written because, as the US government, they have a great deal of control over the citizens.

How does it not exclude US citizens? It's pretty simple, if you're a US citizen you are not an alien. It states in plain english who is subject to the Act.

So how does the gov't "have a great deal of control over the citizens"? What does that even mean?