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Scipio · 06-17-2003, 05:32 PM

I never found the argument that the constitution only limits government powers on US land very compelling.

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And another thing, how can they say that disclosing names will somehow "tip off" Al Qaeda? Surely the Al Qaeda leadership knows who has important information. Surely there's some degree of compartmentalization (which there is), and surely they at least know what important people we got. It's not like releasing their names will decrease our security. What, are they going to find out we have knowledge of some impending attack, and then decide not to do it? Surely that's not what we're trying to prevent.

Their logic doesn't seem to hold much water to me.

06-17-2003, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Scipio Mencken Location: College	I never found the argument that the constitution only limits government powers on US land very compelling. <edit> And another thing, how can they say that disclosing names will somehow "tip off" Al Qaeda? Surely the Al Qaeda leadership knows who has important information. Surely there's some degree of compartmentalization (which there is), and surely they at least know what important people we got. It's not like releasing their names will decrease our security. What, are they going to find out we have knowledge of some impending attack, and then decide not to do it? Surely that's not what we're trying to prevent. Their logic doesn't seem to hold much water to me. __________________ "Erections lasting more than 4 hours, though rare, require immediate medical attention." Last edited by Scipio; 06-17-2003 at 05:35 PM..