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Ralph Nader attacks post-Sept. 11 response of corporate America, Bush and Western Europe Fri May 17,10:46 AM ET STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Consumer advocate and former U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites) on Friday accused U.S. corporations and the Bush administration of exploiting public fears after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Nader said the growing U.S. defense budget was "a direct result of the exploitation of the post Sept. 11 period by giant corporations that are shaping our defense policy as a profitable business proposition rather than as meeting legitimate defense needs." He also said "autocratic ideologues" led by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) and President George W. Bush (news - web sites) were "undermining the democratic process" with sweeping anti-terrorism laws introduced after the attacks in New York and Washington. Nader, who was in Stockholm en route to a meeting of European Green parties in Berlin, called the U.S. Patriot Act, which was passed by Congress last year, "the most serious statutory attack on civil liberties" since the 18th century. He also said Western European leaders were becoming "lap dogs" of the U.S. president in the fight against global terrorism and should push the United States harder to pursue a more multilateral approach. "For years we've looked to Sweden as a national demonstration of conscience on issues wide and far, domestic and foreign. There seems to be a decline in that level of performance in (Sweden) as well as other countries in Western Europe," he said. Nader, who ran on the Green Party ticket in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, said he would decide on whether to run in 2004 after congressional elections later this year. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
