H07423
Headlines : Civil LibertiesU.S. Senate Hearings Set To Cover-Up Domestic Spying
As the Senate hearings on illegal wiretapping commence most citizens would probably enjoy an authentic investigation into the legality of such things. Although the bourgeois press will surely make it seem like the Democrats put up a fight, the hearings are nothing serious. The president is certainly not losing sleep over them.
[Posted By ShadowUnit]Republished from World Socialist Website
With hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Bush administration’s domestic spying program set to begin this week, the basic outlines are already clear. The White House is repeating its lies in defense of an illegal and anti-democratic spying operation carried out by the National Security Agency (NSA), while Democrats are offering only the most muted and cowardly criticism.
This combination will ensure that the Senate hearing will be a complete farce, and will not address any of the fundamental issues involved or lead to any check on the Bush administration.
The tenor of the hearings was set on Sunday by Senator Patrick Leahy, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, who appeared on CBS’s television program, “Face the Nation.” Leahy suggested that “Americans want to know that there is a check and balance,” while insisting that “we’re all against the terrorists.” He said that all Democrats want to make sure that the Bush administration succeeds in its supposed task of defeating terrorism, and counseled both parties to “stop the polemics and make sure it is working right.”
Leahy pointed out that in the past, when the Administration has requested new authorizations such as the Patriot Act and the revision of FISA...
Posted by ShadowUnit
*Algeria* http://membres.lycos.fr/pstdz/ *Argentina* www.pts.org.ar/ www.mas.org.ar/ *Australia* http://www.sep.org.au/ www.greenleft.org.au/ *Belgium* www.sap-pos.org/ *Brazil* www.psol.org.br/ www.democraciasocialista.org.br/ds/ ...
RELATED ITEMS
- The ultimate NSAgate post
Posted by Tlaloc on Tuesday, December 20th 2005 - Bush Administration Targeting Domestic Spying Whistleblowers
Posted by ShiftShapers on Sunday, January 1st 2006 - Big Brother Bush: The President Takes a Step toward a Police State
Posted by ShiftShapers on Monday, December 19th 2005
the bourgeois press
There is just something about that phrase that makes me want to stop reading. I’m being serious. I have no problem with other derisive jabs at the MSMedia… it’s just the “the bourgeois press” that makes me sigh out loud.
Alright, I’m going to read the article now.
I’m with you. I refuse to take seriously any article or person that uses the words “bourgeois _______”, “________ is like Hitler,” “Amerika”, “King George”, and other stupid fucking buzzwords/crutches for sloppy thinking. Likewise, I turn the page immediately when Halliburton is mentioned. There’s just too many of these horses that have been flogged too hard and too often.