Thursday, June 28, 2007
Gutless Guardians
Reading the New York Times coverage of Senate subpoenas to the White House and Vice President's office for documents on illegal wiretapping, what comes across crystal clear is that the one thing Congressional oversight of intelligence and the judiciary will not provide is protection of our constitutional rights. Fifty-nine years of a secret national security state has thoroughly converted them into mere caricatures mindlessly celebrated on Independence Day.
