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对公民自由的可怕攻击
星期二， 2007年8月14日
由 长矛Dickie 因为史学家相符布什政府的无能力、不检点和非法的不透明，速记已经涌现： Katrina、伊拉克、关塔那摩、Abu Ghraib，签署的声明和史诗债务。 每参考讲容量。 另一个题目也许很快朝向名单： FISA，监视或者国内暗中侦察。 词或二将安定入政治词典由管理象征对公民自由的攻击与进取的无视为法律。 我们将由此困扰为世代。 国会给了白宫允许窃听，不用保证在国际美国公民电话和电子邮件。 它已经忽略的布什政府寻求粗修与窃听章程，当国会根本上说， “Oh，什么，做什么您要”。 如果监视发生了在美国里面，外国情报机构监视行动， 1978年通过，在美国人要求行政分支寻找一个秘密司法盘区的允许在家暗中侦察和人民国外。 上星期被采取的修正和新的定义，最难以置信地，去除实际上所有制约，并且授权国家情报的检察长和主任解决争端关于什么是法律和适当的。 检察长，和在Alberto Gonzales，对国会的喜爱的反应是“我不知道”和“我不召回”。 党羽受任命者成为二个世纪的裁决者宪法保护反对潜在地闯入，虐待联邦政府。 设置这些规则和例外在六个月到期，但准备失望。 因为他们比公民自由，更多担心暑假参众两院成员是容易的采摘。 在2008年内，他们将由一次隐约地出现的竞选再紧压。 我承认这太长期花费了我方式掌握“反恐怖战争的涵义布什总统”祈求的。 在初期，我由“邪恶轴心的修辞气馁”，但我比演讲稿撰写人的设备最初读了没有入战争参考。 一点总统使用他速记的自己的版本宣称和接受行政当局难以想象的额外补贴的I嫌疑犯。 规则或法律都没有适用于他，并且默许共和党国会未曾打算面对他。 Voters understood, and tossed out a legislatively inept, lazy, corruption-prone GOP majority. They could not pass a budget, and they refused to challenge the president over a war of choice built on fear and delusions. I expected better from Democrats and, so far, have not been impressed. Confronting terrorists and others who would do harm to this nation and its laws and democratic ideals is a real fight. Taxpayers spend lavishly to provide the resources. It was the Bush administration, not American taxpayers of all political stripes, that failed to properly equip the nation’s military in two war zones. But I also believe the rough and tumble of ferreting out and stopping terrorism is a specialized kind of crime-fighting, best suited to the skills and tools of law enforcement. Police operate within a set of procedures and regulations, and legal checks and balances adapted to stop crime and protect the rights of the innocent. Both efforts are always a tense, dynamic work in progress. Consider the pre-Miranda days. Failure to advise suspects of their rights led to a lot of sloppy results. In the absence of rules, the tendency is to get lazy. That’s a scary thought when dealing with institutions that can deprive citizens of their liberty and lives. Crime-fighting did not stop because law enforcement had judges and a Constitution looking over its shoulders. The United States is launched on a path of domestic spying with the rules decided by government clerks. An arrogant, demonstrably incompetent administration is empowered to do what it wants, never having to explain itself or be held accountable by anyone. The Bush administration cannot get body armor and rifle-cleaning kits to Iraq and Afghanistan, yet it can tap phone calls and rummage through e-mails as it sees fit. Scarier still, the brash intention or seductive efficiency of operating without oversight will not evaporate with a new crew in the White House. Have Your Say: A scary assault on civil liberties Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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