[brityank]

This is really an open ended means of going after anyone who serves in our armed forces.

No -- this is an open ended means of going after anyone !!

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

      -- Ayn Rand - 'Atlas Shrugged' 1957

And here I thought "1984" was fiction.

[bigheadfred]

Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them.

I figured it was all over with when they privatized prisons. Looking for an investment opportunity? Invest in prisons. When it became profitable to incarcerate people in this country, that is when the true insanity began.

The real question here is, just how much more before the bough breaks?