From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Jun 15 2002 - 18:20:06 MDT
On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 07:03 pm, Technotranscendence wrote:
> My view: the FBI deserved much worse treatment here AND this should be a
> warning about giving it even more power. If a so called defanged
> intelligence agency can do this sort of thing -- not even to add in
> Waco, the Randy Weaver thingy, and all the stuff throughouts its long
> and sordid history -- then what would be expected of one with sharp,
> bloody ones? For it to play patty cake while standing up for individual
> liberties?
I echo this warning! The government is denying basic constitutional
rights to Americans who are accused of terrorism. It now appears that
mere accusation by the government is enough to remove one's
constitutional rights. Instead of being innocent until proven guilty,
these suspects are stripped of their citizenship rights first and they
have to prove themselves innocent to get their rights to a trial and
lawyer back.
I have similar concerns about the prisoners being held in Cuba. When it
is convenient, the administration claims we are at war with terrorists.
However, when inconveniences of war rear their ugly head, such as the
Geneva Convention, the administration claims that we are not at war and
that wartime rules don't apply.
The government seems to be working under emergency measures by
suspending constitutional rights, without going through proper
procedures. What's more, unlike a traditional war that could be
declared ended, I see no end-game scenario for this war. These new
government powers to violate citizens' constitutional rights could
endure indefinitely.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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