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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Earl who wrote (818)	6/17/2003 3:39:45 PM
From: Don Earl	Respond to of 20039

It's rather amazing how much the protections safeguarding the freedom of Americans has eroded since 9/11, all in the name of "national security" of course. Since when does the lawful detention of a person arrested for probable cause amount to a "national security" issue? For 227 years the security of Americans has been protected by the public arrests and trials of criminals through due process. Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and the right to face ones accusers is a founding principal of our Nation. The right to go about ones lawful affairs without fear of being detained and interrogated by the first government flunky who passes by is also a corner stone of American liberty. When a criminal is arrested and tried for illegal acts, and the proceedings are a matter of public record, it sends a message to all members of the criminal class that similar acts will be punished. At the same time, it safeguards law abiding citizens by providing a public record, subject to critical examination, which establishes a system to protect the innocent. Under the Bush administration this system no longer exists. An extreme example of how Bush's "secure" America now works would go something like this: A member of the Bush elite decides your daughter is unusually attractive. As a favor to a trusted associate, Bush declares your pretty daughter to be a terrorist. The Bush Cartel secret police "arrest" your daughter and fly her out of the country to an undisclosed location. No friends or family members are notified of her "arrest". She then becomes a play thing for Bush buddies until they get tired of her and decide it would be embarrassing to let her go. Does that sound far fetched? Well, with public oversight eliminated, the only thing to prevent that from happening is the good will of those who decided to eliminate public oversight in the first place, all in the interest of "national security".