As a dyed in the wool advocate for freedom of speech, I would fight for the right (ok not actually fight, but I'd contribute) to keep it. I am a citizen, however, and I'm not sure we afford the same protections to non-citizens. An illustration of how the U.S. Government overlooks peoples rights is the U.S. Customs Service, whose agents are entitled to strip your ass if they think you're bringing something BAD into the country. I've asked about this, and apparently, your rights aren't n effect until the USCS says you're good to go. It's sort of a suspension of certain civil rights before you're legally on U.S. soil. What does the Constitution protect, anyway? It allows for freedom of expression, and the right to speak out against a tyrannical government. We can all still do that, but if someone says (or writes) that they're intending to do something criminal, then why not check it out? Some feel that civil rights protect any speech, but even that's not true. (Fire in a movie house) I think it's just too big a job to monitor all the international students, just look at the intelligence blunder that Sept 11 is pointing out. It's just a reaction designed to make it look like we're doing something (anything) to see that something like this doesn't happen again.