Shortly before September 11, the Bush administration ordered the FBI to back off on the bin Laden family. Yes, the Bushes and the bin Ladens have an intertwined family history including Bush 1 getting paid by the bin Ladens through the Carlyle Group. It’s funny how this stuff is never reported in the United States. I don’t even try to watch the television ‘news’ anymore. It is completely useless for the gathering of any real information and only serves as a spigot for the ideas and themes that are useful to those in power.
I read a great interview with Jim Garrison from October 1967 while he was investigating crimes involved with the Kennedy assassination. He made some astute observations that are becoming more and more true:
- But I’ve come to realize that in Washington, deceiving and manipulating the public are viewed by some as the natural prerogatives of office. Huey Long once said, “Fascism will come to America in the name of anti-fascism.” I’m afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”
In accordance with this observation we have more evidence of this free-fall to fascism as if any further proof were necessary. A cornerstone of american jurisprudence, attorney-client privilege has become yet another casualty of the ridiculous war on terror. The Justice Department will now monitor communications between detainees and their attorneys. Mind you, these are people who haven’t even been charged! Patrick Leahy was one of the few senators to say shit about it. Looks like 99% of the Senate is worthless. Terrorism is a vague term that can be used to label anything not sanctioned by the government. Piracy is terrorism. Hacking is terrorism. Direct action is terrorism. Graffitti is terrorism. Smoking cannibis is terrorism. Any unlawful act can be labeled terrorism. Where will it end?
- National Security Liars. (Haven’t gotten all the way through this, but its interesting)
- Big Brother is coming. Look busy.
- The Bush infatuation with keeping their dirt little secrets secret. Impeach Dick Cheney!
- “Terrorism Bill does too much and not enough.”
By the way, if anyone has any extra information I may have missed on this and other subjects please forward it to me. Also, feel free to link to this page anywhere you like.