lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to Rocky67
Re: There's a reason democracies can only last for so long Let's not forget why the terrorist surveillance program was started in the first place and try to imagine any unintended consequences of Mr Kliens actions.
* “We–with God’s help–call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God’s order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it. We also call on Muslim ulema, leaders, youths, and soldiers to launch the raid on Satan’s U.S. troops and the devil’s supporters allying with them, and to displace those who are behind them so that they may learn a lesson.” Feb. 1998 - OBL edict
* “Hostility toward America is a religious duty, and we hope to be rewarded for it by God . . . . I am confident that Muslims will be able to end the legend of the so-called superpower that is America.“ OBL in Time Magazine
* “Every American man is an enemy to us.” – OBL in the Independent.
* “We love death. The US loves life. That is the difference between us two.” OBL to a Pakistani T.V. Journalist
* “I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media,” Ayman al-Zawahiri |
 japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | Bah. Emotional rhetoric for a sound bite nation.
The surveilance infra will be used to spy on citizens, in corporate competition, for financial markets manipulation, and in party politics. It's too easy, too untraceable, and too enticing an advantage. Human history, human nature. The terrorist excuse is so worn thin. Mil h ardware and field service vendors are in love with terrorism. |
