It was as crisp an expression of foreign policy as Washington has offered in decades. "Either you are with us," George W. Bush, the U.S. President, declared in his Sept. 20 speech to Congress, "or you are with the terrorists."

Britain and America, whose governments have rejected calls by Amnesty International for an inquiry. Amnesty said November 30, 2001 that this raised questions about their commitment to the rule of law.

'Now, we're being as kind and fair and gentle as we can in terms of inviting people to participate in helping us. And we have not identified people based on their ethnic origin. We have identified individuals who are not citizens, but based on the country which issued their passports. ' -- Attorney General John Ashcroft, November 27, 2001

If you're male and a U.S. citizen, you're legally required to register with the Selective Service System (SSS), within thirty days before or twenty-nine days after your 18th birthday. (If you're female you don't have to register: in fact, you can't. Not that the military doesn't want women -- recruiters have a special sales pitch for a bitch!) Most male U.S. residents who aren't citizens are also required to register.