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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Our benevolent surveillance state

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:40 AM

    Privacy for us, not for you

    What's so frustratingly ironic is how tenaciously the Administration clings to its claims of privacy for the Executive Branch. Of course they frequently make "national security" arguments -- some bogus, some less so. But they also do this out of "principle" -- separation of powers and Executive Privilege.

    Once again the Bush Administration and their enablers have it backwards. Citizens' private lives should remain private, and the machinations driving public policy should be public.

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