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Condi Defends Indefinite Detention
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects as a necessary part of the ongoing war to prevent massive attacks on civilians. Rice told USA Today that the unique aspect of the war on terrorism makes these methods necessary as a hedge against future terrorism on innocents. "We have never fought a war like this before where ... you can’t allow somebody to commit the crime before you detain them,” she said. "Because if they commit the crime, thousands of innocent people die.” Rice said the Bush Administration’s policy of making arrests before crimes are committed – based on intelligence information of terrorists operating in cells and as lone agents of destruction – benefits other nations as well as the United States.
Story Continues Below Rice admitted that mistakes made in the war against terrorism, especially those in Iraq, are part of the imperfect process of war in defense of liberty. "I will be the first to say I am sure there were many things that could have been done better,” she told the newspaper. History will show in this war, as in past conflicts, "things that look like mistakes that will turn out to be great successes and things that look like great successes that will turn out to be mistakes.” Rice denied any political ambitions during the interview, hinting again that she would like to return to Stanford University, where she served as provost, upon her completion of duty as Secretary of State.
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