On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:39:18 PST, "Gregory A. Gilliss" said: > receive of the United States in their news and other media, it should > be no surprise to you that someone from another country might suppose > that America has an unofficial government policy in place to facilitate > this kind of behind-the-scenes hand holding. > > And just to make you *really* cringe, I can't prove it, but I believe > he's correct. 'nuf said. Phil Zimmerman's legal hassles. Dan Bernstein's legal hassles. The Clipper chip. Patriot II. Tacking Patriot II onto an appropriations bill. Holding US citizens (like Jose Padilla) for a year without trial and without benefit of an attorney. All of Ashcroft's comments disparaging civil liberties in the name of the war against terrorism. Doesn't take much tinfoil with documented stuff like that....
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