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Drudge: SPIELBERG SIDES WITH BUSH ON FBI PRECRIME; FILM WARNS OF FUTURE GOVERNMENT ROLE
Drudge Report ^ | June 13, 2002 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 06/13/2002 7:41:26 AM PDT by Darth Sidious

EXCLUSIVE: SPIELBERG SIDES WITH BUSH ON FBI PRECRIME; FILM WARNS OF FUTURE GOVERNMENT ROLE; DREAMWORKS EXEC CALLS ASHCROFT 'SCARY'

"I am willing to give up some of my personal freedoms in order to stop 9/11 from ever happening again," masterdirector Steven Spielberg declares... MORE...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: bush; minorityreport; precrime; spielberg
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To: Rodney King
What must be given up is the freedom of immigrants, in particular from terrorists countries, to just waltz into our nation.

But that ISN'T happening, despite being EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD happen.

Why aren't we deporting ALL Arab nationals?????

It's beginning to look like they don't even care that their plots are obvious. They're not after security. They're after the Constitution....

21 posted on 06/13/2002 8:49:35 AM PDT by DAnconia55
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To: Rodney King
[begin liberal bleating] But oh no...we can't deny third-world immigrants their right to a better life in the USA. It wouldn't be fair, especially since the USA is the sole reason and cause of all third-world countries and poverty in the world. [end liberal bleating]
22 posted on 06/13/2002 9:12:14 AM PDT by brianl703
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Full Drudge story...



XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THURSDAY JUNE 13, 2002 11:09:24 ET XXXXX

SPIELBERG SIDES WITH BUSH ON FBI PRECRIME; DREAMWORKS EXEC CALLS ASHCROFT 'SCARY'

**Exclusive**

The DREAMWORKSFOX production MINORITY REPORT depicts a future where you can be charged for future crimes you haven't yet committed.

"The guilty are arrested before the law is broken," warns a heavy-rotation TV advert for the film, subtly placed during national and local news programs this week reporting the United States has detained, indefinitely, but has not criminally charged Jose Padilla for allegedly preparing a plan to commit terror.

"I am willing to give up some of my personal freedoms in order to stop 9/11 from ever happening again," masterdirector Steven Spielberg declares in an interview set for Sunday's NEW YORK TIMES. "But the question is, Where do you draw the line?"

"Right now, people are willing to give away a lot of their freedoms in order to feel safe. They're willing to give the FBI and the CIA far-reaching powers to, as George W. Bush often says, root out those individuals who are a danger to our way of living. I am on the president's side in this instance," Spielberg will say. [DRUDGE's Dept of Prepublication] "But How much freedom are you willing to give up? That is what my movie is about."

While Spielberg is preparing to publicly support the administration in coordination for the release of MINORITY REPORT, fellow DREAMWORKS executives reportedly pulled out their eyes in horror as the Bush administration moved the nation's law enforcement priority from enforcement of terror crimes to "prevention," the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

"Is this really happening? This is our movie!!!" a top -- politically active -- DREAMWORKS executive yelled while watching a John Ashcroft press conference last week on C-SPAN, according to sources. "Mr. Ashcroft is scary as s*%t!"

"We set the clock [in the movie] in the 2050s, but it looks like we are already there," claimed the top DREAMWORKS executive. "Please let him say he is creating a Department of Precrime!"

As a new GALLUP poll shows 4 out of 5 Americans willing to give up some freedom for more security Spielberg and associates have launched the movie website tie-in precrime.org -- which includes a dramatic public service announcement mocking a "future" government's attempt to "prevent" crimes.

"It works!" repeatedly chant citizens from all walks of life.

It opens wide next week.

23 posted on 06/13/2002 9:14:59 AM PDT by Darth Sidious
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To: TomServo
""I am willing to give up some of my personal freedoms in order to stop 9/11 from ever happening again," masterdirector Steven Spielberg declares... Spoken like a true coward."

I would be willing to bet that the majority of the American people agree with Spielberg.

24 posted on 06/13/2002 9:30:57 AM PDT by Don Myers
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To: DAnconia55
That taking our freedom is a good idea.

Pass the Vaseline....

Sorry. There's nothing that will ease the pain of tyranny being thrust upon us. Like rape, it's usually administered roughly and without concern for its victims.

Pass the ammunition.

25 posted on 06/13/2002 9:52:55 AM PDT by Hoosier Patriot
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To: Don Myers
I would be willing to bet that the majority of the American people agree with Spielberg.

And you wouldn't be wrong.

26 posted on 06/13/2002 10:38:10 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: TomServo
The sheeple have spoken. How long can we maintain any semblance of freedom when the people themselves see no benefit in doing so?
27 posted on 06/13/2002 10:40:29 AM PDT by Don Myers
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