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Monday, October 24, 2005
Big Brother Is a Bully
At a time when Congress provides very little oversight of the executive branch, and at a time when torture has become the (wink wink) semi-official policy of that same executive branch, the article in this a.m.'s WashPost about unsupervised "clandestine surveillance" of U.S. residents by the FBI and other federal agencies just makes a true-blue American heart sing, doesn't it?
Domestic spying, secret courts, the unseen and unknowable hand of government twisting the fabric of our freedoms into an unrecognizable wad.
Domestic spying, secret courts, the unseen and unknowable hand of government twisting the fabric of our freedoms into an unrecognizable wad.
