Shhhhh, Don’t Tell Anyone It’s a Dictatorship

Yeah, I'm sure Congress will get right on this, as soon as they're done taking the White House to court because the FBI had the nerve to investigate a corrupt douchebag congressman.

Somebody needs to bring this guy to a press conference and have him interrupt it.

Like that former CIA guy who interrupted Rumsfeld at that one press conference.

I wish I could say this was surprising or shocking. Looks like par for the course, these days. I liked America better when it used proxies for its torturing. I admit, I was wrong.

WOW!

Wil Wheaton is the god-awesomest!

In Soviet Russia KGB Knock on door at 3am, give you a chance to say goodbye to your family, then haul you off to a detention camp in Siberia.

What happened to America? We were supposed to be fighting this kind of shit.

it wasn't the investigation, it was the illegal search and entrance of a congressional office by the executive branch. it is, for all intents and purposes, illegal for the fbi to do what they did. while it's obvious that the congress' immediate concern has more to do with their own asses and keeping their activities private, it's a further indication of the current administration's effort to increase the power of the executive while simultaneously weakening the authority of the legislature and judiciary. i guess it finally hits home for the GOP when bush decides to start shitting where they eat. so on this one, i'm with congress on calling foul, even if the democrat they're investigating is considered guilty by even his own party.

Good point, well made. You have to love a government which relies on apathy more than active support. Maybe 'love' isn't the word I want. Christ. Sometimes 'getting away with murder' is more than saying.

it's time
for me to make a rhyme

PUT THEM ALL

UP AGAINST THE WALL.

seriously. shoot the government.

Tyranny vs. Freedom

The long slow consistent erosion of our civil liberties has been going on for decades and seems to have accelerated in recent years. The article describes an excellent example of the government’s lack of accountability to the people for its actions. The problem is not a superficial aberration but the result of the exacerbation of a fundamental tension in our society which will eventually destroy the United States as we know it.

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If it were a dictatorship, you'd never have heard of this guy, innocent or guilty, he'd have been found guilty and would not have got out - let alone allowed to raise a court case. Can you imagine that happening in Libya?

This was a one-off freak occurance - if it were a dictatorship it would be an everyday occurance, but you wouldn't hear about it because any journalist reporting it would also be arrested.

We don't know exactly what happened to this dude - just his accusations, partially backed up by a semi-hostile government.

I also don't think his case should be heard if it compromises international security. This rights of one guy, freakishly arrested by accident shouldn't endanger the rest of us.

He should be bunged a few thousand deniable dollars and told to shut the fuck up. If he wants to make some grandiose political point, then he shouldn't get a red cent.

As for clandestine secret service activity...well you can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs, but occurances like this are as rare as...well as rare as terrorist attacks in America these days.



[Edited on May 25, 2006 by UpTight]

One-off freak occurrence? It took five months to find out that he simply wasn't the person they thought he was. That's first class investigation and interrogation work there. How long will a person who is the right guy, but 100% innocent, have to spend in the system? History suggests two to four years, with luck.

I don't expect you see things my way, you just don't value the rule of law as I do.

How do we know it compromises international security? Because the people that accidentally arrested and detained him for nearly half a year says it does?

As opposed to the daily terrorist attacks that plagued the US prior to this administration?
I hope noone ever has to eat one of your omelettes.

Aww, don't be so hard on the poor Bush administration.

After all, if you were doing all the revolting shit that they are, wouldn't you want it to remain a state secret?