An Administration That Just Doesn’t Get the Purpose of Law
Most of the whining has come from Dick Cheney through the auspices of his rottweiler, David Addington, but the intention is clear.
Anything the president does in the name of fighting terrorism is okay and any criticism of methods is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Which is understandable when you are writing a work of fiction, but completely misunderstands the purpose of law and how it works.
Washington D.C. (AHN) - President Bush on Monday sharply condemned the reports disclosing a secret program that monitored the financial transactions of suspected terrorists. "The disclosure of this program is disgraceful," he said.
On the one hand, Bush would have us believe that al-Qaeda and their affiliated terrorist organizations are masters of the Internet and programmers able to infiltrate any American target they choose. On the other, this most obvious of follow the money techniques is presented as a disclosure that is disgraceful.
There are mumblings about ‘treason’ on the part of the NYT…