http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/08/06/bush-congress-and-terrorism/ <http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/08/06/bush-congress-and-terrorism/> Bush, Congress, and Terrorism
Last year President Bush was able to rush the dubious <http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2006/10/19/why-the-controversy-will-continue /> Military Commission Act through the Congress. This year he was able to rush through another surveillance measure. In my view, the President's legislative 'achievements' have little to do with persuasion. It is about the politics of anti-terrorism legislation. That is, if a member of Congress does not support the proposal under consideration, it means he or she is too 'soft.' Even though we're about six years past 9/11 and even with the track record of Attorney General Gonzales, most legislators put their reservations aside, curl up into the fetal position and say "I am against the terrorists too," as they vote in favor. Last year, <http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2006/09/29/defending-the-constitution/> Senator Specter went so far as to say that he hoped the courts would strike down as unconstitutional the bill he just voted for. Whatever one thinks about the legislative details of the Patriot Act, the Military Commission Act, or this "Protect America Act of 2007," all friends of liberty ought to be disturbed by this political climate. The question is: When will this <http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=1302> vicious cycle of anti-terrorism stop? In a Giuliani administration? In a Clinton administration? For more on the new law, go to the <http://balkin.blogspot.com/> Balkinization blog. Tomorrow, Glenn Greenwald and Lee Casey will be here discussing the legacy of the Bush presidency. Watch it <http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3927> online. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
