On March 10, Sergeant Mark England, a soldier scheduled for re-deployment to Iraq, was arrested at the Las Vegas airport during a return trip to his home in Orange County, California. Puzzled that he wasn't permitted to pass through a checkpoint with a soft drink purchased in the airport, England asked to speak to a security supervisor.

A police officer took England away from the checkpoint and eventually ordered him to turn around and be handcuffed.

?Sir, what have I done to deserve handcuffing?? England politely asked, in a conversation recorded by his cell phone. ?Because we want to,? replied the officer, who then used his police baton to attack the unresisting soldier. A second officer armed with a Taser scurried to the scene and hit England with three 50,000-volt charges. England was incarcerated overnight, but no charges were filed against him.

The phrase used by the police officer to justify England's arrest -- ?Because we want to? -- is the unofficial motto of the Homeland Security State.

Let us stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.