Nick Arnett wrote: >Have you heard that George Bush is using the National Security >Agency to conduct surveillance on American citizens without the >consent of any court?
No, Nick, I have avoided contact with papers, TV and the Internet for a week now, and haven't heard this every day since Friday. ;-) It's amazing, the seductiveness of the safety argument they're making. For one brief second, I find myself saying "Hey, it's only a narrow scope, right? A few international calls to suspected Al Qaeda operatives. No biggie, it's not *real* Americans they're targeting." Then of course I come to my senses and remember that I live in America and that this shit isn't OK, and that the "War on Terror" *cannot* be a blank check for the Administration to do whatever the heck it pleases, or else what is it being fought for? And that's setting aside the old "slippry slope" argument. Jim _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
