Behind the Smokescreen
All the hoopla over the Terror Plot That Couldn’t acts as a great smokescreen to hide attention from the most recent invasion of privacy compliments our vice-President. Yet another “Secret Program” emerges wherein thousands of bank records have been searched for “Terrorists.” The programmed response, from several sources is that this is all above board. Then why has it been secret for three years? Mr. “straight-shooter” Cheney says it’s “absolutely essential” to combat phantom terror cells within our borders.
Perhaps that’s even true…
“What I find most disturbing about these stories is the fact that some of the news media take it upon themselves to disclose vital national security programs, thereby making it more difficult for us to prevent future attacks against the American people,” Mr. Cheney said.
The language has softened, but the allegations of traitorous actions taken by “some of the news media” is unmistakable. The Swift-boating continues…
What bothers me is the assumption that this information will not be used for any other purpose - politically-driven, perhaps - alone or in combination to the eavesdropped phone conversations gathered simultaneously. I’m sure this doesn’t surprise you: I don’t trust these guys not to leverage any political gain possible. We already know politicians have no morals when votes are involved. (Among other excuses…) As the elections draw near I’ll be waiting to hear what other information our government is gathering in the name of terrorism to be used for political gain, instead.