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Published Letters: 5

  • Reminds me of a line from Blazing Saddles!

    [Read the article: Fun and games with terrorist threats]
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    Civil Liberties? Protect the Constitution? "Never mind that... Here comes Mongo!"

    Tuesday, February 5, 2008 01:27 PM

  • At long last!

    [Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
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    For the first since December 12, 2000, I'm breathing just a bit easier. The Dems in the House have delivered up a piece of legislation that provides effective tools for the surveillance of those we need to track without impinging on the rights granted by the 4th Amendment.

    If Bush vetoes or if the Senate rejects, then hopefully, the House will remain firm in denying telecom immunity, and the second best scenario, the pre-PAA FISA laws will continue. Either situation will allow judicial investigation of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping activities, something that must remain an option if the Rule of Law - what distinguishes our form of government from repressive forms - is to remain inviolable.

    Thanks, GG, for your untiring efforts!

    Friday, March 14, 2008 11:55 AM

  • The end of the Founders' magnificent experiment ?

    [Read the article: The Obama passport snooping and the unchecked surveillance state]
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    My country - the one I want back - is, I'm afraid, lost forever.

    I doubt there are any assurances possible that this digital genie, the collection, storage and selective retrieval of a wide range of personal data, can ever be put back in the bottle. Someone explain to me how I'm wrong, please!

    Friday, March 21, 2008 08:17 AM

  • The Forged Niger Documents

    [Read the article: Neocons and the truth: Bitter enemies to the end]
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    Among the many investigations into this administration that should be conducted is one regarding the origin and "discovery" of the forged Niger yellowcake documents.

    While Michael Ledeen denies that he had any connection to the forged documents, he does not dispute that he wrote for Panorama and worked with the publication's Editor-in-Chief, Carlo Rossella. Panorama is the Italian magazine whose reporters first "uncovered" the forged documents.

    Ledeen also had connections to SISMI, the Italian equivalent of the CIA, as did two other individuals linked to the documents, Rocco Martin and Francesco Pazienza.

    Coincidences? Perhaps. But, considering that the forged documents provided the Bush Administration and the neocons with justification for the War in Iraq (the famous "16 words" in Bush's SOTU address in 2003), Ledeen's connections to SISMI and Panorama, and a purported meeting in Rome in December, 2001 with Ledeen, Nicolo Pollari, head of the SISMI, Antonio Martino, Italy’s Minister of Defense, Larry Franklin, already noted in Glenn's article, and Harold Rhode, a member of the Office of Special Plans, I believe that further investigation is warranted.

    Thursday, May 8, 2008 09:14 AM

  • Loyalty VS. Truth

    [Read the article: Quote of the day]
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    Looks like old Bob prefers loyalty to your leader over truth-telling. How Soviet of him!

    Friday, May 30, 2008 09:00 AM

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