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Buzzflash: “Tyranny Creeps In…” at the NSA

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Posted on May 11, 2006

“The NSA’s gathering of phone call records of millions of Americans is “something that would make the late Leonid Brezhnev proud of Bush—and [Gen.] Michael Hayden, the Pentagon apparatchik, who saw it through,” Buzzflash writes in an editorial.


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Today, USA Today reports, in detail, that Bush, with hard evidence proving that he lied, authorized domestic spying, particularly the gathering of information on nearly every phone call made in the United States. This is illegal and an abominable affront to the Constitution. This is, as we note in our headline, something that would make the late Leonid Brezhnev proud of Bush—and Hayden, the Pentagon apparatchik, who saw it through.

... In short, Hayden is a lawbreaker. The courts haven’t determined that yet, but if you brazenly rob a bank and there are a hundred witnesses (in this case about 300 million), then you broke the law. Bush even admits he made an “end run” around the FISA court and law passed by Congress. Hayden oversaw the implementation of the illegal activity. Case closed.

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By cognitorex, May 11, 2006 at 4:17 pm Link to this comment
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SELF-COUP

A self-coup is a form of coup d’état that occurs when a country’s leader dissolves (disembowels or eviscerates) the national legislature and assumes extraordinary powers.

Warrantless eavesdropping by the NSA and/or others constitutes the establishment of Secret Police. Feingold is right to demand this self coup nonsense stops right here.

It augurs well for our in-danger democracy that the recently retired Generals are restless that governmental policy should receive an open hearing, not be decided by a cabal of George, Dick, Rummy and god’s will.

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By Mike Mahr, May 11, 2006 at 8:08 am Link to this comment
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Anyone who believes the Rabid Right has any scruples about using illegally gathered information to pinpoint and harass political opponents is deluded. They are determined to establish a police state to protect their wealth and power and to stifle all dissent. Freedom of speech has become a thing of the past. Unless they are stopped, they will strip us of all our rights and freedom itself.

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By al, May 11, 2006 at 7:42 am Link to this comment
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Why does this surprize anyone?  The second shoe is the private information industry that continually fishes for small bits of information including your political preferences.

Adolph Hitler confiscated guns once he had the list.  Bush will only confiscate Computers.  Adolph arrested jews.  Cheney will arrest democrats.  Since American’s cannot be enslaved, Bush will allow the illegals to be enslaved, and the democrats will starve.

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