[Peace-discuss] Aux armes les citoyens…

[Morton K. Brussel]

Below is an extract of an article (and other commentary) on the  
incipient dictatorship that is threatening all of us. The brazenness  
of it all is amazing, but will it trigger any real resistance?.

(1) It is now beyond dispute that the Administration is claiming that  
George Bush has the right to order any activity or action on the part  
of the Government -- including against American citizens and even if  
it transgresses the limitations of the law -- as long as the  
President simply claims that such actions are necessary to protect  
America against terrorists. According to the Administration, then,  
neither the law, nor the courts, nor Congress, nor anything else, can  
interfere with, limit or even review the President's powers. Thus,  
says the DoJ:

"Because the President has determined that the NSA activities are  
necessary to the defense of the United States from a subsequent  
terrorist attack in the armed conflict with al Qaeda, FISA would  
impermissibly interfere with the President’s most solemn  
constitutional obligation – to defend the United States against  
foreign attack."

For the rest see:  http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/01/justice- 
department-tries-again_20.html

--mkb
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