[Menkenspiel]

A powerful organization--and in an Emergency, more powerful than the Executive and the Legislature, while independent of the Judiciary. The man at the head of this operation must be trustworthy, indeed, to be the commander of such might.

While the Go-Dubya! love fest is a sweet thing to behold on FR, someday - when a real powergrabbing liberal gets ahold of this power - we'll regret it. What is it (on dispassionate analysis), if not a modern, American-style KGB?

[Pistias]

Not a KGB. Dictators don't make organizations that can legally supercede authority--unless they're going to be at the top of them.

[Pistias]

when a real powergrabbing liberal gets ahold of this power - we'll regret it

What, conservatives are immune to the effects of craving and possessing power?