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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 09:29 PM
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Sibel Edmonds - Domestic Spying Hurts Our National Security
According to numerous reports and audits released by entities such as the inspectors general (IGs) of agencies that deal with national security and various presidential commissions, today, more than four years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, almost all our national security related agencies are in disarray, riddled with incompetence, corruption, and in some cases criminal activities. While most of the real problems facing our national security today stem from gross mismanagement, inefficiency, incompetence, and a lack of sensible policies and vigorous oversight, the Bush administration insists upon blaming these deficiencies on a regrettable and dangerous lack of power in the executive branch. But the kind of power the administration pursues is the kind of power that would vault the presidency to monarchical status and nullify the Bill of Rights.

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