Archive for May, 2006

The Obligation to Speak for the Soldiers

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

To build support for the invasion of Iraq that he wanted10, President Bush and his top advisors hyped the false ideas that Iraq was close to deploying nuclear weapons and was working with Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization blamed for attacking America on September 11, 2001 (9-11)x7×8. An opinion poll showed that by August [...]

Poll: Americans Want Government to Track Their Calls!?

Monday, May 15th, 2006

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects” and requires the government to get a warrant based on probable cause before a search1.” With an eye towards guarding that right, Congress set up the FISA court to issue domestic [...]