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Everything reported in this article is a scandal and needs to be corrected under the next administration. And perhaps some need to be brought to trial.
But all these abuses and illegal acts would not have been possible without the massive and perverse manipulation of public opinion after 9/11. After that fateful day, the current administration immediately started a well orchestrated campaign to create an atmosphere of fear. As Goering famously said at the Nuremberg trials "All you have to do is make people afraid and you can manipulate them at will." Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels couldn't have done a better job. Only the well orchestrated fear atmosphere caused the American people to accept the indignities when traveling, caused most dissent to disappear, and essentially forced Congress to vote for everything Bush needed to invade Iraq. Few had the courage to resist and most who did were duly punished either by the voter or by the Government.
