I want to point out that even those detained as unlawful combatants are guaranteed due process. Due process is defined simply as notice and a hearing. The Const

I want to point out that even those detained as unlawful combatants are guaranteed due process. Due process is defined simply as notice and a hearing. The Constitution requires that you receive both before being deprived of life, liberty, or property. There is a line of cases that have been decided by the Supreme Court guaranteeing the right to contest the designation as an unlawful combatant. Just the fact that these cases made their way to our nation's highest court demonstrates that due process and rule of law are fundamental even to national security. For more, see "The Guantanamo cases": Rasul v. Bush, Hamdi v. Bush, Hamdan v. Bush, and Boumediene v. Bush. This is all irrelevent to Assange, as rogerhoward points out.