RE: [TSCM-L] Re: NYT: Bush Is Not Above the Law - "There are no hereditary
kings in America"
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From: John Young
Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] Re: NYT: Bush Is Not Above the Law - "There are
no hereditary kings in America"
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Abiding FISA law is what the Bush administration argues it is doing
in court and in the press. But it will not reveal evidence to support its=
argument except in secret, limited, releases to a judge or two and
heads of congressional oversight committees. The judges and the
heads of oversight say that what has been given to them is not
convincing.
The public is given nothing but assurances that "all it well, trust us."
Those who know how obessively governments lie -- not only Bush --
find such assurances unbelievable, and thus go to court, or better,
the ballot box, or best, the extermination of liars who think they
alone hold the right to claim what national security is -- usually
insurance of prolonging a secret job or credibility or control of
a populace through spying and information manipulation.
Espionage involves peeking at the other fellow's hand, marking
the cards, cooking the books, poisoning the well, breaking the rules,
hitting below the belt, cheating, lying, deceiving, defaming, snooping,=
eavesdropping, prying, stealing, bribing, suborning, burglarizing,
forging, misleading, conducting dirty tricks, dirty pool, skulduggery,=
blackmail, seduction, everything not sporting, not kosher, not cricket.=
In short, espionage stands virtue on its head and elevates vice instead.
-- Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage, Joseph
E. Persico, 2001.
No doubt aping the abusers of power is the most rewarding short-term
option for poltical, business and personal success; follow Persico's
recipe.
Countering abuse of government power is a citizen's duty by whatever
means. Says so in this nation's founding documents. To be sure those
who benefit from deceiving the citizenry do not believe such "treason"
and will jump to call anybody who opposes the gravy train a "terrorist"
or traitor or worse: an infidel at war against blind faith in secrecy, a
target for rendition and disapperance.
Every generation needs to clean house of all parties and office
holders and complicit contractors. So said T. Jefferson, slaveholder
and procreator of slaves.
Problem is nobody in government is believable, not to say main stream
media which pretends opposition for the ka-chink, ka-chink. How to deal
with that now that the ostensibly liberating Internet has been quickly
coopted for biz and gov and spying and crime, the venerable SOS?
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H.L. Mencken
At 10:15 PM 2/3/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>
> Thanks for the op-ed OPINion from the NY TSlime There are certainly are
> plenty of 'could be's' and 'would probablys'
>
> The article's title IS right, Bush is NOT above the law - he is within th=
e
> law, the FISA laws.
>
> Deal with it.
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