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To: Lane3 who wrote (153249)	1/1/2006 2:30:41 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793559

"December 31, 2005 Rodgers Gets it Right T.J. Rodgers, founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, has penned an op-ed that frames the War on Terror and its impact on civil liberties correctly. Namely, that there are worse things in the world than another 9/11, a 24/7 police state for one: What's the worst thing that Al-Qaida can do to America? We have probably already seen it. Of course, the government can talk about bigger things, like the use of weapons of mass destruction, to justify its use of totalitarian tactics. I would much rather live as a free man under the highly improbable threat of another significant Al-Qaida attack than I would as a serf, spied on by an oppressive government that can jail me secretly, without charges. If the Patriot Act defines the term "patriot," then I am certainly not one. By far, our own government is a bigger threat to our freedom than any possible menace posed by Al-Qaida. The architects of the maximum security state do not think this way. In fact, they probably do not understand Rodgers' argument in the slightest and assume he is making some sort of moral equivalence claim about the American government and al Qaida. Or perhaps that Rodgers would not say such things if he understood the wholesome motives behind the security measures he fears. But Rodgers gets it. We get it. A lot of us get it. More people need to start saying it out loud, though. There are worse things than another 9/11. Posted by Jeff A. Taylor at December 31, 2005 07:55 AM" reason.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (153249)	1/1/2006 5:36:07 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793559

This was your actual wording I was questioning... I just suspect that those who claim something critical was spilled are hyping it for reasons of their own. Why would Bush claim that our National Security had been breeched if in fact it hadn't been....???? If you don't believe him, check with the several members of Congress who had the right to know, and who had been briefed all the way along... Ask them what the ramifications of the leaking is, AND WILL BE for our future security....