So then the crux of the objection was summed up by Ed Henry in the White House Press Corps this morning, when he asked *how* the administration knew who was who.

No, that's not the crux of the objection.

No one expects the Administration - or any law enforcement agency - to be perfect. To whatever degree you want to give them the benefit of the doubt, you can assume that they've got good information and are doing their best to correctly identify bad people so they can protect the country.....and that there needs to be process for those who claim that a mistake has been made to do that.

The problem isn't that they might be wrong in knowing who was who - it's that they're claiming no one can check them. That no one can can provide relief if - when - they make a mistake. That there is no legitimate inquiry into what they're doing by the courts - that their choices are beyond review.

That's where the objection moves beyond asking whether they're doing a good job with their initial accusations, and into whether they're declaring themselves outside of any due process at all.

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