We seem to wait for the Left to lead the fight for the constituion, and the problem is, they celebrate that conservatives are officially targeted by our government and despise the government targeting Islamists.
No matter, the Left always comes out on top because they sue and object to each other being targeted even while, secretly advocating the unconstitutional targeting of their social and political enemies in the US.
This may be one time I side with the Dems! I hope the NYT wins this one.
Ditto.
NYT is suing so that terrorists will have visibility into certain elements of the law.
Wow....my tard of a Senator did something right. I guess a broken clock is right twice a day.
The government needs to also realease the secret legal analysis they used to kill al Awlaki.
I agree with what was done but I am concerned about the possibility the legal reasoning the government used is not based on the traditional law of war.
What might be ‘deeply disturbing’ to them is that the law enforcement agencies might be viewing Islamic terrorists as being, well, terrorists. And what the NYT is fishing for is another ‘Bush is Evil’ angle where the Patriot Act was interpreted as being a tool against terrorists!
‘course, could be something different, but when I see Dem senators and the NYT working on something, almost always it's something to support the liberal agenda. Call me an uber skeptic.
You're right - we're the people they're after...
You're right - we're the people they're after...
Passport renewal and time to seriously look at countries that might have a little freedom left.
It should have been done even before Obama. Obama made much it worse. Warrant less wire taps and making us all domestic terrorists started with the Patriot Act under Bush. As long as we allow outside unaccountable organizations (SPLC???) to influence our government such as the MIAC report in Missouri, our Constitution is in jeopardy. Gov Rendell in PA hired an outside the USA (Israeli) company ITTR to spy on the Tea Party and others.
We need to make our focus defending our US Constitution and forget the political wrangling. Politicians always want to control the message and have more power at the expense of the people.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2010/09/22/who-is-spying-on-whom/
Related article.
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Throughout history, all governments eventually turn on their own people. No matter how well designed, governments tend to attract those who crave power. There can be checks in place to try and limit their power, but like acid, over time, those in power begin to eat away at limitations to power. They begin to see themselves not as part of the public, but above the public. The elite.
It happened to the Roman Republic. It will happen to us.
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