A recent report from the New York Times reveals that the Bush administration considered using the U.S. military to arrest American citizens suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda just outside of Buffalo, NY. The plan was advanced by Dick Cheney and David Addington as well as other advisors to the U.S. president. A memorandum issued in October of 2001 which was used to legitimize the plan concluded that the president must not be constrained by congressional statutes or even the Constitution itself in carrying out the war against terror.
Such flagrant disregard for Constitutional rights should scare all of us. The mere discussion of using the military to carry out domestic law enforcement marks a large step in the direction of a rising police state. Violations of civil liberties must be opposed no matter what the justification. No level of security is worth forfeiting the very liberties that make up a free society.
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