"This is how a nation loses its moral compass..."

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said of Congress' passage, this week, of legislation which deprives so-called "enemy combatants" of habeas corpus:

"This is how a nation loses its moral compass, its identity, its values and, eventually, its freedom. . . . We rebelled against King George III for less restrictions on liberty than this."

Washington Post, September 27, 2006