Comments on: Usurpation http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/11/usurpation/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:37:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tballou http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/11/usurpation/comment-page-1/#comment-12207 tballou Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:03:45 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/07/11/usurpation/#comment-12207 "The very existence of such a power is an invitation to abuse, and in the coming years some future administration is going to remind us of this basic truth by using these powers against its critics and political opponents. " Aside from the chilling effect this will have on journalists, I think this FISA debacle will come back to haunt us when some future leader is found to have been spied on, ala Martin Luther King. I hope it is a Republican. “The very existence of such a power is an invitation to abuse, and in the coming years some future administration is going to remind us of this basic truth by using these powers against its critics and political opponents. ”

Aside from the chilling effect this will have on journalists, I think this FISA debacle will come back to haunt us when some future leader is found to have been spied on, ala Martin Luther King. I hope it is a Republican.

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