The real nuclear option
06/12/05
'The deal of a lifetime.' 'The Compromise of the Century.' 'Statesmanship of the highest order.' Whatever the pundits call it, the nation's attention was riveted recently on the drama playing itself out in the U.S. Senate on the 'nuclear option.' ... In fact, this stage play was a tragic distraction. The real nuclear option, one that truly threatens the foundations of our republic, has been hardly noticed in the hubbub over judicial filibusters. ... It is the fast-track campaign to expand the Patriot Act; a drive orchestrated quietly but firmly by the White House. If it succeeds, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, on which the fundamental notion of privacy is based, will have been obliterated as surely as if targeted by a nuclear bomb... [editor's note: The more I read of this guy, the more I think he really HAS found his soul again! - SAT]
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050611-112053-8414r.htm
from Washington Times, by Bob Barr
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
'The deal of a lifetime.' 'The Compromise of the Century.' 'Statesmanship of the highest order.' Whatever the pundits call it, the nation's attention was riveted recently on the drama playing itself out in the U.S. Senate on the 'nuclear option.' ... In fact, this stage play was a tragic distraction. The real nuclear option, one that truly threatens the foundations of our republic, has been hardly noticed in the hubbub over judicial filibusters. ... It is the fast-track campaign to expand the Patriot Act; a drive orchestrated quietly but firmly by the White House. If it succeeds, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, on which the fundamental notion of privacy is based, will have been obliterated as surely as if targeted by a nuclear bomb... [editor's note: The more I read of this guy, the more I think he really HAS found his soul again! - SAT]
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050611-112053-8414r.htm
from Washington Times, by Bob Barr
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 13. Jun, 09:48
