George Bush Doesn’t Trust Americans
The Headline is Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen and you’ll notice that no discussion of whether or not this is good or appropriate policy, is asked for. The President of the United States doesn’t trust his own citizens to judge his domestic spy program.
The Headline is Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen and you’ll notice that no discussion of whether or not this is good or appropriate policy, is asked for. The President of the United States doesn’t trust his own citizens to judge his domestic spy program.
It may be excellent policy. The judicially approved wire-tap of telephones has proven to be a huge weapon for law enforcement. First, of course, we had to invent telephones. But having done that and bad guys as well as good guys having taken advantage of that mind-bending technology, sooner or later rules were put in place.
We did not, as I recall, hide either the technology or the ability to use it in law enforcement, from the crooks. We told them they could expect us (wit…