In lieu of those checks and balances central to our legal system,non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor,judge, jury and jailer or executioner. In an Orwellian twist, Bush'sorder calls this Soviet-style abomination 'a full and fair trial. - William Safire
No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common sense. - Peter Slezak