Saturday, December 17, 2005

Whatever happened to the rule of law?

Today the President acknowledged that he has authorized wiretaps of "people with known links to Al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations". How real these 'known links" are is really unknown as there has been no vetting of the names by the courts or any organization independent of the White House. Whether the "activities conducted under this authorization have helped detect and prevent possible terrorist attacks" is equally unverifiable.

Bush is asking for our trust. But, at a minimum, he has been mistaken before in matters of vital national interest, such as the raison d'etre of the Iraq War, and, when it came time to translate words into actions, such as with Katrina or post-war Iraq, the incompetence of the actors has been staggering.


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