You may be right that my understanding of the due process clause is confused. It's been over a decade since I went to law school and I'm getting up in the years, so it wouldn't be completely surprising.

However, I think you miss the point of my response in context of the comment I was responding to. The point of my comment was that our government has taken a very fluid approach to the law to fit its needs versus American citizens/non-citizens. If one feels a certain comfort that the law will protect him/her in the course of some action that seems fully protected by the law today, you might be in for a rude awakening tomorrow.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/09/obama-assassin...

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/how-team...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)