Are You Ready to Be Bugged and Tortured By George W. Bush?
"This isn't about war: It's about dictatorship. It’s about making power permanent by using private information against you, and by terrifying you with torture.
Team Bush believes it rules by Divine right. It has already re-defined 'terrorist' to mean anyone who questions its power. It will use 'anti-terrorist' wiretapping as a tool against anyone who dares oppose it.
All serious indicators show that 'information' extracted by torture is virtually worthless in fighting terrorism. So is the information taken from wiretapping huge numbers of people, which Bush has been doing since before 9/11.
So ask yourself: if granted the power to torture, do you trust the Bush Administration---or any regime- - to refrain from torturing its political opponents? If granted the power to record private phone conversations, do you trust Karl Rove to not use this material against his political opponents?"
- posted by geoff @ #