Friday, April 07, 2006

US Security

Beginning in the 1950's and extending through the 1970's, the CIA actually monitored (and read) mail leaving this coutry bound for the USSR. During this same period of time, the CIA also secretly held a Soviet defector (Yuri Nosenko) for about three years because they didn't believe his story that he was not involved in the Kennedy assasination. Of course, there was additional evidence that he may have been a Soviet double agent.

Did any President get impeached for violating someone's habeas corpus rights or violating their rights guaranteed by the 4th ammendment to the Constitution of the United States? Of course not. In a time where people were more concerned with the security of the nation and less concerned with "gotcha" politics, Congress held hearings and rewrote the law; much the same of what should happen now.

For those of you, like Senator Russ Feingold, who believe the President should be censured or even impeached, you should know your history a little better to determine the correct way to solve our nation's problems.

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