by Elaine Cassel

Civil Liberties Watch

09/26/04

The September 11 attack is the gift that keeps on giving and giving to George Bush. Once Bush convinced the country that we were at war all bets -- and the rule of law -- were off the table. Ad hoc legal process replaced the Constitution and the federal rules of criminal procedure; lies, fantasies and half-truths masquerade as truth; John Ashcroft continues to run amok, orchestraing his henchmen in trials that are remarkable for prosecutorial misconduct and lack of discretion; courts continue to defer to the president almost all the time; and, worst of all, the American media is working towards a lifetime achievement award for insuring that this most important of elections is reduced to bumper-sticker slogans and calls for the resignation of Dan Rather...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp