Civil Liberties

As the ACLU says, "American democracy has a disease, and it’s called secrecy."

The real concern is not so much what various Government officials are doing as it is the fact that they can rely to protect themselves on a pattern of being granted the power to commit their misdeeds by other Government officials working in secret. The fundamental sin of Washington since 9/11 is the arrogant attitude that officialdom now has the right to make new law out of whole cloth behind closed doors--doors slammed shut to protect its abuses from the American people. This explains the horror with which these officials view the whistleblowers who try to open those doors.

Officials who know they are abusing their power fear nothing more than exposure. So now we are reaching the point that officials are starting to label as "terrorism" any action by a patriotic American to tell the American people what their own government is doing. Understand the mentality of these officials. In truth, they are terrified - terrified that they will be held accountable for things that they knew were improper.

Why else would they hide behind closed doors to give each other brand new powers?

If they believe that they truly are doing something necessary to protect the American people, then why are they not bragging about their behavior?