Congress legislating our rights away: By HELEN THOMAS

[kpete]

Congress legislating our rights away

By HELEN THOMAS
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WASHINGTON -- Hypocrisy is alive and well on Capitol Hill. An FBI raid on a congressman's office has caused a ruckus between his irate colleagues and the Justice Department over congressional prerogatives.

If only those same members of Congress had been more sensitive about individual rights when they passed the Patriot Act, a law invades all Americans' privacy.

They are the same lawmakers who were complicit with President Bush's unprecedented order to secretly eavesdrop on millions of Americans without a warrant.

Where was the outrage from those lawmakers when faced with the shame of the administration's practice of sending prisoners to secret jails abroad where they could be tortured during interrogation?

more at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/272466_thomas02.html

[Digit]

1. K&R

Go Helen!

[rodeodance]

2. Everyone needs to send this to your Congresscritters. dem and repug

[Avalux]

3. Sadly, Helen's 100% correct.

I've been thinking lately we need to get rid of EVERYONE and just start over.

[petgoat]

6. get rid of EVERYONE

Hear, hear. Throw out every bastard that voted for the USAPatriot Act without reading it.

That was misfeasance, throwing away my grandchildren's rights.

[serryjw]

4. It really is outrageous that

they do care more about Jefferson than all the raping of our civil liberties as citizens. WHERE was there voice when we needed them? D OR R, I don't care. You break the law you pay the piper.Do you know how long it would take ME to make $100K? LA didn't send him there to steal money. He may be innocent until proven guilty but it doesn't look good for him now.

[hootinholler]

5. Kick some asses Helen! n/t

[Pastiche423]

7. Why hasn't he been charged?

If they've got all of this evidence against him, why not?


As always, GO HELEN!