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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
DeltAlum, why does this scare the hell out of you?
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Because of this kind of thing, as reported by the Washington Post from a discussion about the Watergate Scandal:
"Electronic surveillance presented a threat to civil liberties. Abuse of "national security" and "executive privilege" to thwart the investigation suggested that those concepts needed more precise definitions...(edit)...The willingness of Nixon and his aides to use the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in unlawful or unethical ways against their “enemies” was a reckless exploitation of the bureacracy."
That's why. It happened before, and when offered the climate and opportunity, I think it can easily happen again.
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