On 23 Aug, 2004, at 23:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But seriously, Miggle, do you think it's likely that it will be
possible anymore for ANYONE to control ALL the secret agencies?
But that is EXACTLY what the 9/11 commission has recommended, Kerry
endorsed, and now some Senator (Republican chair of the Intelligence
Committee, I think,) introduced a bill to implement that
recommendation! [Just consider your position. One person will be in
charge of something that they can't be in charge of. Which position is
more worrisome?]
There are so many scary things to be scared about that currently the
last of my worries is another J. Edgar Hoover. Those days are over. If
they tried to construct a new one, the next day somebody from the NSA
or the Tripartite Commission would just leak it to the press that the
man likes to dress up in ladies' undies, with real time video, and
that would be the end of that.
The Governor of New Jersey has eliminated THAT "check" on governmental
power ... He's even established that you don't have to give up any
power because of it, or because you resign!
And don't forget, the reason that NOBODY opposed Hoover was that he had
files on EVERYONE who might oppose him. One has to wonder what McGreevy
had on Kirchner to get him to fall on his sword?
The erosion of Civil Liberties in the name of "keeping us safe" is VERY
real. It started many years ago with the establishment of metal
detectors at airports to prevent hijackings. The supernumeraries
running them got increased powers after 9/11 to the point where you
can't carry a pipe tool, nail file, cuticle scissors (let alone run
with them) on to a plane.
It happened in Boston for the Democratic Convention, and it is
happening again in NYC for the Republican.
[However, I do like New York's approach to the protesters ... be nice
and we'll give you a free Circle Line cruise around NYC. I wonder if
you have to "officially register" as a protester in order to qualify
for your ticket ... ?]
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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