Flying while Muslim
Tom Paine
by Aziz Huq
08/17/06
The partisan posturing began within hours of reports the British had arrested 20-odd suspects in connection with an alleged terrorist conspiracy to blow up passenger airplanes. Arrests were made in the U.K, not the U.S. The plot was hatched in the U.K. and Pakistan. But it was U.S. politicians who first mounted their soapboxes. 'Move to question your opponent's commitment to the defeat of terror,' crowed National Republican Party Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds. Following this rush to judgment was a campaign to expand government powers. ... Set aside for a moment the hazards of enlarging executive power when public fear is at fever pitch and partisan politics at its zenith. Are the proposed powers really new or really needed? The short answer is no...
http://tinyurl.com/qu8q9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Aziz Huq
08/17/06
The partisan posturing began within hours of reports the British had arrested 20-odd suspects in connection with an alleged terrorist conspiracy to blow up passenger airplanes. Arrests were made in the U.K, not the U.S. The plot was hatched in the U.K. and Pakistan. But it was U.S. politicians who first mounted their soapboxes. 'Move to question your opponent's commitment to the defeat of terror,' crowed National Republican Party Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds. Following this rush to judgment was a campaign to expand government powers. ... Set aside for a moment the hazards of enlarging executive power when public fear is at fever pitch and partisan politics at its zenith. Are the proposed powers really new or really needed? The short answer is no...
http://tinyurl.com/qu8q9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 18. Aug, 16:30
