TruthOut
by William Rivers Pitt

12/29/05

'Now take this all one step further,' I said, 'since you asked about the Patriot Act. Think about that Section 215 and the sneak-and-peek stuff. I told you they need to see a judge first to come into your home, to search and bug your stuff. But this whole NSA deal shows that Bush and these guys don't give a hoot in hell for judges, warrants or the process of law. They're going to do what they want to do, warrant or not. We've got a situation now where Bush and his people could not only be ordering the surveillance of Americans, but could also be authorizing home invasions, and all without any kind of warrants and oversight. What does that sound like to you?' 'Fascism,' he said without hesitating. 'This is the reason,' I said with a smile, 'why I don't talk politics at the bar. I have a way of going on and on until the paint peels. But let me ask you one last question.' 'Shoot,' he said. 'As a Bush supporter,' I said, 'how far are you willing to go to support the guy? How much individual liberty, how many laws, are you willing to give up to Bush before we lose the country? How far is too far?' Ty didn't have anything to say at first. 'This,' he finally muttered, 'is too damned far'...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp