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Originally Posted by maximusveritas
The funniest thing about this is listening to them try to defend it. Lott actually asked the question "Do we want security ... or do we want to get in a twit about our civil libertarian rights?" Wow. I won't even bother quoting Ben Franklin on this one. It's just too easy.
You know, I acutally didn't think it was a big deal when I first heard about it, but now I'm convinced they're doing something wrong. The more desperate their attempts to defend themselves become, the more guilty they must be.
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"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees."
- President Bill Clinton, August 12, 1993
One difference of note is that the current administration appears to be trying to look for terrorists, but when Clinton got 1,000 FBI files on Congressional representatives (of course, blackmail for voting a certain way was the furthest thing from his mind), nothing happened, and you barely read about it.
Of course, anything Clinton did is no longer relevant. It will be fun to use that "thinking" once Bush is out of office.
I'm mainly queasy about this because it sets a precedent for some future politician to misuse it for political gain.