"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
How Torture and Eavesdropping Became 'Legal'
"Yoo was increasingly seen as a rogue operator inside the Justice Department. Officials were suspicious of his ties to David Addington, counsel to Vice President Cheney....Yoo was 'out of control,' recalled a former Ashcroft aide." It's interesting how Bush and his posse can make John Ashcroft look like a civil libertarian.
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