The U.S. Justice Department finally gave its written responses to some specific questions made about Bush's wiretapping program today, on a Friday of course. As we know, when the government wants to release bad or embarrassing news, it does so on a Friday since few people read the papers on Saturday.
But here it is courtesy of Raw Story.
Two key things in the DOJ responses.
1. The government asserts that it has the right to monitor conversations between lawyers and clients and between doctors and patients.
2. Hey, that's no big deal I mean, as long as you aren't a terrorist you should be okay, right. Wrong. For you see, the second bit of interesting infromation in the DOJ response: It refused to tell Congress how it defines who a terrorist is.
So, what's that mean? It means the government can decide what sort of behavior constitutes a terrorist act. It can just make it up as it goes along.
We know that the FBI has been surveilling pacifists, animal rights groups, even Quaker! You connect the dots. Tell me you feel like your rights to free assembly and free speech haven't been compromised.
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