On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 02:14:29PM -0400, Paul Hart wrote:
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 09:09 AM, Harmon Seaver wrote:
It seems that the military is claiming that we are in a "national emergency" and they can do whatever they want, despite laws to the contrary.
You are in a "national emergency."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914-5.html
Yes, of course, we will always be in a national emergency. Very convenient, eh? Using that logic, we didn't even need the unpatriot act enacted, they can simply evade any and all laws/bill of rights on the basis that we are in a "national emergency" just on the scumbag prez's say so. Isn't this essentially what every dictator does? -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com