1.   Ashcroft urged quick action to give federal investigators increased authority to tap cell phones, read e-mail, collect credit card information, and detain aliens suspected of terrorism.

2.   A question remains about whether the immigration service will have to increase the amount it spends to detain aliens in Elizabeth.

3.   But the counterterrorism bill ordered all criminal aliens detained and waivers eliminated.

4.   He can already detain aliens subject to deportation on terrorist grounds.

5.   Scalia said the government had a duty to detain aliens indefinitely to ensure public safety.

6.   The core of the case argued before the Supreme Court is whether the Immigration and Naturalization Service can indefinitely detain illegal aliens who are awaiting deportation.

7.   The country could have relived the dark days of Japanese internment camps had the government been allowed to detain aliens suspected of terrorism indefinitely.

8.   The Supreme Court last month ruled that the federal government may not detain deportable aliens indefinitely simply for lack of a country willing to accept them.

9.   The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government could not indefinitely detain aliens who are awaiting deportation just because no other country is willing to accept them.