The hypocrisy of our government agencies
CryptoKids at war
Slate
by Michael Kinsley
06/16/06
It is not yet clear -- though there is little reason for optimism -- about whether the courts will let them get away with it, but the official position of the executive branch under President Bush is now the U.S. government can grab you off the streets anywhere in the world, lock you up, torture you, and no one even has the right to find out where you've gone. And if someone does find out and starts talking trash like 'habeas corpus' or 'Fourth Amendment,' too bad: It's all OK under the president's inherent powers as commander in chief. Congress -- unbeknownst to Congress -- approved it all in its resolution shortly after 9/11 urging the president to fight terrorism. And the president deputized the CIA and other agencies to go forth and use this authority, in documents that you can't have and may or may not exist. In a twist fully worthy of Kafka, or at least Joseph Heller (Catch-22), the very suspicion that bad things are going on is a reason you can't find out...
http://www.slate.com/id/2143747/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Slate
by Michael Kinsley
06/16/06
It is not yet clear -- though there is little reason for optimism -- about whether the courts will let them get away with it, but the official position of the executive branch under President Bush is now the U.S. government can grab you off the streets anywhere in the world, lock you up, torture you, and no one even has the right to find out where you've gone. And if someone does find out and starts talking trash like 'habeas corpus' or 'Fourth Amendment,' too bad: It's all OK under the president's inherent powers as commander in chief. Congress -- unbeknownst to Congress -- approved it all in its resolution shortly after 9/11 urging the president to fight terrorism. And the president deputized the CIA and other agencies to go forth and use this authority, in documents that you can't have and may or may not exist. In a twist fully worthy of Kafka, or at least Joseph Heller (Catch-22), the very suspicion that bad things are going on is a reason you can't find out...
http://www.slate.com/id/2143747/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 19. Jun, 14:24
