World Net Daily-May 12, 2000
Right to privacy, Clinton-style
By David Limbaugh
On Oct. 29, 1999, President Clinton, in full lip-biting mode,
said, "In 1999, Americans should never have to worry about the
nightmare scenarios depicted in George Orwell's 1984. I am
determined to put an end to such violations of privacy."
Savor that presidential quote for a moment, then consider this
lead from Paul Sperry's WorldNetDaily article on May 11, 2000
about secret White House phone recordings. "In what sounds like
something from one of Ian Fleming's or George Orwell's books,
President Clinton signed off on the installation of eavesdropping
devices on the phones of White House staffers."
Sperry reports that Clinton ordered listening devices to monitor
and record the phone conversations of his staffers, as well as
meetings in conference rooms. But it gets better. There can be no
doubt that Clinton was personally involved in this
privacy-violating decision because he had a special box installed
on his and his top aides' phones so that their conversations and
meetings could not be recorded using the same technology. One
other thing. Clinton reportedly installed this technology over
the objections of the Secret Service that it would pose a serious
national security risk. We now have reason to believe that this
wasn't an unrealistic concern. The FBI is currently investigating
allegations that Israeli spies penetrated this very White House
phone system, arguably made vulnerable by Clinton's risky
eavesdropping scheme.
Given Clinton's track record for veracity, whom should we
believe, the president or this watchdog journalist? If Clinton's
reputation alone isn't enough to convince you then let's consider
another instance involving this administration's commitment to
privacy. They talk a good game, but remember Linda Tripp and
Kenneth Bacon? If not, let Senator James Inhofe remind you.
Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Armed services subcommittee, has
asked Defense Secretary William Cohen to severely discipline
Defense Department spokesman Kenneth Bacon for leaking
information to the media from Linda Tripp's confidential Pentagon
employee file. Tripp blew the whistle on Clinton's affair with
Monica Lewinsky and Bacon deliberately leaked the confidential
information to discredit her. Despite this egregious violation of
the Privacy Act (confirmed by a July 1998 Defense Department
investigation of the matter), the Clinton Justice Department
refused to seek an indictment against Bacon.
Inhofe warned that all federal employees would be watching this
case to see if the law will be applied against Clinton
administration officials. If not, he argues, "the law is largely
meaningless." Exactly. This country was founded on the principle
that no one is above the law. As we are a nation of laws, not
men, the law is blind to the status of the offender. That's what
is meant by equal protection of the law. But the equality
principle has been twisted a bit under the Clinton
administration. The best way to explain it is by reference to
another Orwell novel, "Animal Farm." Old Major warns, "All
animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
Indeed, Old Major Clinton.
With this background information, shouldn't we be a bit skeptical
when Clinton starts talking about protecting our privacy rights?
As a matter of fact, he did just that not long ago when he
pledged to use "the full authority of his office to create the
first comprehensive national standards for protection of medical
records." Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health
Freedom, in a new paper for The Heritage Foundation, warns us
that there is much more than meets the eye to the president's
proposed federal regulations "ostensibly designed to protect
Americans' medical privacy."
In his statement unveiling the plan, Clinton said the regulations
"would greatly limit the release of private health information
without consent." Blevins says, "Nothing could be further from
the truth." In her paper she details exactly how Clinton's plan
will do the opposite of what he says it will do. In fact, it will
allow the federal government, rather than individuals (READ: you
and me) to decide who has access to patients' private medical
information. Blevins says that if Clinton's "privacy" regulations
are adopted, "the administration will have initiated the greatest
invasion of medical privacy in recent history."
Considering this administration's curious notions about privacy
can we afford to entrust it with regulations to protect us?
Better talk to your congressman.
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