Politics and Religion

In my logical opinion,
Mister Spock 1640 reads
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it's perfectly reasonable to be afraid of police or executive agencies operating illegal wiretaps, because they are in a position to manipulate the law and the guns, and have shown they're willing to break the law.

On the other hand, fear that somebody may arch an eyebrow, or even say something snotty, is not reasonable.   It's a lame attempt at political manipulation by a disturbed person.

What are your views on this?
It seemed that the program to spy on citizens overstepped safeguards that were set up to ensure it was done properly and quickly (i.e. the panels of judges that were charged by the Supreme Court with providing timely review and approval of government spy requests on citizens).
The leak source investigation seems like an attempt to intimidate and potentially divert attention from the basic problem.

Your Editor2417 reads

morally corrupt administration.

Look, when Letterman makes a joke out of Cheney saying that 'everybody knows he's the most reprehensible and corrupt man in town', you know what people are feeling.

Jeremy Bender2211 reads

has known about this leak for over a year. The Times held this story since before the election. Why are they investigating it now?

Intimidation factor. Remember... virtually all primary parties to the Kennedy assassination are dead by questionable circumstances.

GFD1822 reads

should step up here to also work against it becoming conspiracy central.

Mister Spock1641 reads

it's perfectly reasonable to be afraid of police or executive agencies operating illegal wiretaps, because they are in a position to manipulate the law and the guns, and have shown they're willing to break the law.

On the other hand, fear that somebody may arch an eyebrow, or even say something snotty, is not reasonable.   It's a lame attempt at political manipulation by a disturbed person.

Gerald Falwell2504 reads

it's so important to STAND UP FOR JESUS, and I'm so proud and grateful that you defend him here in this Godless corner of the internet.  Your light is shining like a beacon, and He sees your witness here, Amen.

Now please excuse me for a minute while I check the new reviews.

GFD1485 reads

openly (and in public) investigate a crime that was related to a highly classified operation until the operation actually became public?
Sheesh?

Bill Rehnquist3808 reads

and let me direct your attention to the 4th amendment of the US constitution.

Jeremy Bender2172 reads

in that this administration is so incompetent as to not be able to investigate classified matters of national security until they became public. Thanks for lowering the bar. We are doomed.

An internal search for the leak source after the administration found that the NYT had information on the spying could have been carried out as an internal matter. This happens all the time in business, and there is little reason why government should operate differently, especially given the high probability that a political appointee leaked the information. There were only so many people privy to the knowledge of the cecret spy operation and in a competent administration, all of them would have had high level positions in the affected agencies.

5 Deferments Dick3214 reads

Nobody should be asking the government to observe the law, AND ESPECIALLY not anybody in the White House.

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