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Originally posted by mustangdani55
OK OK. Mr 5 0, I see your point, but when we were in school didn't we learn that the US had stripped someone (can't remember his name) of his US citizenship and exiled him to another country?
Why can't they do that? 
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Natural-born American citizens have been stripped of their citizenship before; The first (I believe) was Dr. Benjamin Church, a physician born in Philadelphia who was an important person in the early days of the revolution but privately sided with King George (he had an English-born wife which may have influenced him). Dr. Church was eventually found out and almost killed by a mob, but Congress finally exiled him to the West Indies in 1780. Unfortunately for Dr. Church, the Schooner he was on capsized in a storm and he was lost at sea.
Cosmic justice.
I doubt there is much interest in exiling John Walker as that allows him to not only escape the consequences for his crimes (treason in deed, if not legally) but lets him live free where he wants to be (the middle east) and possibly join another jihad group and try to kill Americans - again. He would have a good motive - revenge - and would be useful to the terrorists in many ways, speaking both Arabic and English.
No Dani, I'm afraid little Johnny Jihad won't be leaving us anytime soon, except in a box. Remember Jeffery Dahmer back about 10 years ago? He was a mass murderer (15) who liked to eat his victims, ala Hannibal Lector. He was caught, convicted and sent to prison for life but only lasted about 4 years before he was attacked and killed by another lifer inmate.
Could this happen to Johnny 'Taliban' Walker? Hmmmm. Gee, I don't know, but I can guess. Prison is tough and even tougher for pampered, anti-American muslim punks like Walker.
Actually, he may end up being exiled in a way, as no prison would probably be safe for him, so they might ship him off-shore to the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We'll see.