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This was Gonzales' second round in as many weeks, having joined FBI chief Robert Mueller in admitting how far the FBI had stretched the Patriot Act in order to probe the phone and bank records of 52,000 people suspected of terrorism. Setting the pace in the accountability race was Defense Secretary Bob Gates, who fired the Army Secretary for not firing those responsible for the Walter Reed scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Confession Procession | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

Most of all, would a true patriot attempt to chill free debate when so many American lives are at stake, and therefore deny the very principles of our Republic? Or would that be “a full validation of the al Qaeda strategy”—to grip us in such fear that we are willing to forget ourselves...

Author: By Peter C. D. Mulcahy | Title: Fear and Patriotism | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...think it’s high time—especially given the developments at Walter Reed—to question the patriotism of his administration, and whether its policies “support the troops.” Would a true patriot pursue a policy that sullies the American standard, that makes United States a pariah in the civilized world? Would a true patriot place thousands of American troops in harm’s way, knowing that hope for success in their mission is long since passed? Would a true patriot have sent thousands to war, knowing that...

Author: By Peter C. D. Mulcahy | Title: Fear and Patriotism | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...Dick Cheney's role in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby case; the betrayal by neglect of the war wounded at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and veterans hospitals across the country; the connected dots showing that the White House and the Justice Department exploited the post-9/11 USA Patriot Act, of all things, to engineer a purge of U.S. attorneys across the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Right Went Wrong | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...partialities of Team America—the collective minds that write, edit and draw the Captain America comics—are apparent. It’s no coincidence that the source of the comic hero’s plight shares similarities with our government’s highly-polarizing Patriot Act, or that enemies of freedom (read: terrorists) were responsible for the assassination of this idealistic symbol of liberty...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn | Title: The Death and Life of America | 3/12/2007 | See Source »

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