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August 02, 2005
Big Brother Is Watching You (and Conservatives Love Him)
Is it any wonder that some people believe the federal government was behind 9/11? After all, "terrorism" has served as the excuse for vast increases in federal power. Here's the latest (or at least the latest announced) one:
The Department of Defense has developed a new strategy in counterterrorism that would increase military activities on American soil, particularly in the area of intelligence gathering.
The move is sparking concern among civil liberties advocates and those who fear an encroaching military role in domestic law enforcement.
In an argument that eerily foreshadowed the July London terror attacks, the Pentagon in late June announced its "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Support," which would expand its reach domestically to prevent "enemy attacks aimed at Americans here at home."
The strategy, approved by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England on June 24, argues that the government needs a multi-layered, preventive approach to national defense in order to combat an unconventional enemy that will attack from anywhere, anytime and by any conceivable means.
We can, of course, count on conservatives to oppose this kind of unconstitutional growth of government--right?
"The Defense Department has always done intelligence operations in the United States. They have the legal right to do that. There is nothing new here," James Carafano, a homeland security analyst with The Heritage Foundation, told FOXNews.com. "There are no new threats to privacy or constitutionality. I just think it's about doing [intelligence] more efficiently and effectively."
Uh-huh. Just like the Gestapo was "about doing intelligence more efficiently and effectively."
Posted by Mike Tennant at August 2, 2005 11:23 AM
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