[yoe]

Read it all then send to your liberal friends......... All you have to do is recite this litany of excess to realize the absurdity of the cries of impeachment coming from the loonier precincts of the left. Muttering about "slippery slopes" isn't enough to convince most people that fascism is descending. If the president's critics want that part of the nation that doesn't read the Nation to believe that he's a threat to our freedom, they'd better do more than turn up the level of vituperation. They'd better find some real victims — the Eugene Debses and Martin Luther Kings of the war on terror.

You can also read about how presidents from FDR to Richard Nixon used the FBI to spy on, and occasionally blackmail and harass, their political opponents. The Senate's Church Committee in 1976 blew the whistle on decades of misconduct, including FBI investigations of such nefarious characters as Eleanor Roosevelt, William O. Douglas, Barry Goldwater and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

[starfish923]

Since radio freaks can listen into 99% of any/all conversations ANYWAY, I wonder why it's so bad for the government to do so.
I guess it's bad because some terrorist (local or foreign) might be stopped from blowing up people.

[harpu]

bookmarked for future debate...bttt

[dollar_dog]

My natural inclination is to support and trust the President, but I must say, if Clinton were doing this exact thing under the exact same circumstances, I just know we'd be completely outraged. Call me old school, but I don't like the idea of big brother, no matter how much I like current leaders.

[Inwoodian]

Anyone concerned with real abuse of citizens' rights should call for the immediate release of the UNREDACTED Barrett Report.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

THIS from the LA Slime?

The skating rink opened in Hades, too?

[FateAmenableToChange]

bump for later

[kellynla]

thank goodness Max Boot is around the Left Angeles Times...
at least the mindless & ill informed(read stupid LOL) have a small dose of the truth to read from time to time in the op/ed pages even if the "news" on the front page is still Left and inaccurate.