[HCCN] Susan Collins spreads central myth about the Constitution

[Dexter Bellows]

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/

> Focusing on the DOJ's decision to charge the alleged attempted  
> Christmas Day bomber with crimes, Mirandize him and provide him with  
> counsel, Collins railed:  "Once afforded the protection our  
> Constitution guarantees American citizens, this foreign terrorist  
> 'lawyered up' and stopped talking" (h/t).  This notion that the  
> protections of the Bill of Rights specifically and the Constitution  
> generally apply only to the Government's treatment of American  
> citizens is blatantly, undeniably false -- for multiple reasons --  
> yet this myth is growing, as a result of being centrally featured in  
> "War on Terror" propaganda.
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