...is nice, friendly and cuddly."If the American public, especially civil libertarians like myself, could be more informed about how careful the government is to protect our privacy while still protecting us from attacks, we'd be more reassured," said Lanny Davis , a former Clinton White House lawyer who is the board's lone liberal Democrat.
Alan Raul, a former Reagan White House lawyer and the board's vice chairman, said he also was impressed.
"We found there was a great appreciation inside government, both at the political and career levels, for protections on privacy and civil liberties," said Raul, author of a book of civil liberties. "In fact, I think the public may have an underappreciation for the degree of seriousness the government is giving these protections."
They were then told their families would be released from the secret jails. Oh wait.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link
I, for one, am now relieved and am glad there's no need to get those bothersome, foot-dragging warrants
― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link
no need to worry, welcome him in, he's a great guy, really!
― latebloomer (clonefeed), Thursday, 30 November 2006 00:05 (seventeen years ago) link
This is
so incredibly point-missing -- you complain about powers seized, and people try to reassure you by claiming the powers are being judiciously exercised? That big "is it so wrong to compare Bush to Nazis" piece on Slate today gets at this in an interesting way -- how you can cede principles and powers out of legitimate fears and wind up in a place that's completely indefensible.
Besides which, I mean, Jesus: give me the power of life and death over every American, and I guarantee you I'd be really careful and judicious about exercising it. Still not sure anyone wants to grant me that authority, though.
― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 30 November 2006 02:11 (seventeen years ago) link