Dear Senator,
I am very puzzled that three days after your office sent out a letter
stating that you thought General Hayden "fits the bill" for CIA chief that
you would say that the NSA mining of personal telephone records puts our
country "on our way to a major constitutional crisis."
I heartily disagree with your assessment in both cases. General
Hayden does not fit the bill. His record on personal liberties are so
worrisome that it would be utter folly to put him in a position of
power where he can abuse those liberties.
Furthermore, we are not "on our way", but are in the midst of a
constitutional crisis of the likes our country has not seen since the
Civil War. In the just over five years of the Bush administration I
have watched much of the Bill of Rights go out the window. Holding
people without charges and without representation, denying people due
process of law and their right to a speedy trial, torturing people,
spying on citizens with no just cause let alone judicial oversight,
denying the right to confront ones accusers, etc. For five years I've
watched in horror as these rights, among many others, have literally
evaporated before my eyes.
The President has gone as far as to state that he is unaccountable to
normal constitutional oversights. When he signs a bill into law, he
is somehow immune to its pronouncements. Like a dictator, he can
simply pick and choose which laws apply to him. Recently, it was
reported that he has made such "signing statements" many hundreds of
times since he ascended to office.
The President's response to those who would defend the Constitution
are twofold. One, he claims he has the power as President to do
whatever he wants (given to him by congressional resolution to fight a
war on terror--whatever that is). And, two, the attacks on Sept. 11,
2001 make it necessary. I am puzzled why fighting the people who
"hate us for our freedoms" means that we must destroy those very
freedoms.
If we are in a major constitutional crisis--I firmly believe we are--
it is because the very people who we've elected to defend that
Constitution are not doing so.
It's time to draw the line, Senator. Stand up for the people. Stand
up for the rule of law. Stand up for Constitutional balance of power.
Take your oath of office seriously and stop making deals with the
devil. Stop compromising my freedoms with people who have absolutely
no respect for those freedoms.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely yours,
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