Letters to the Editor
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Your next column, please ...
I applaud your rebuke of the "We Have To Protect You From Death With Every Power You Can Give Us" rant. But, please help me review the facts, as I recall them:
Unwarranted wiretapping has produced the conviction of fewer than two people for terrorism, after the fact. Of some three dozen "terrorists" charged, half were thrown out of court for being frivolous or entailed blatant entrapment. All the remainder were convictions for sending money (frequently provided by undercover FBI agents) to "named" terrorist charities.
The fact is that the "war on terrorism" is actually a war on innocent American's rights. None of the billions spent on "intelligence" or "defense" have protected us from another potential attack by our own domestic breed of theocrats and fascists. It's just one big con game.