To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9746 ) 6/27/2006 9:11:12 PM From: ThirdEye Read Replies (2) | Respond to Since Bush has declared that disclosing any information about the known surveillance programs would "compromise national security," and that even contesting the legality of these programs is itself a threat, he has declared himself, with the complicity of a few key members of congress, the sole arbiter of what national security is, even to the extent that the courts should not even be involved. That is a subversion of the constitution.Quo bene means "who benefits?" I take back my statement that no one has benefited from Bush's actions. First, Iran is a major benefactor of the Iraq war. Their influence in Iraq has risen by many orders of magnitude. Second, Al Qaida has benefited by recruiting many thousands of foreign fighters to come to Iraq to kill Americans. They have also benefited by having our military tied down in a guerilla war, bleeding our military, financial and political assets day by day.
