Administration thinks 4th Amendment is irrelevant
The blog Talking Points Memo writes today about a memo penned by Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo in October 2001 that has just come to light.
In the memo, Yoo writes, "Our office recently concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations," the footnote states, referring to a document titled "Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities Within the United States."
Of course, when the media confronted the Department of Justice with this, they immediately backpedalled, saying they no longer hold that position.
But the point is we have it in writing. So much of what these usurpers do is, in fact, in writing. They not only say they want to take our rights, they actually document it.
That's a key aspect of this alternative truth movement: we deal in conspiracy facts, not theories.
The entire Bush administration has been focused on bolstering the powers of the President and diminishing the rights of the people. This is not speculation people; it is part of the historical record.
Be prepared to live in a world where the government and the police can search your person, your car, your kids, and your house whenever they want.
All in the name of some "domestic military operation", fighting some unnamed enemy, that more than likely is you.
That's the point, folks. This new government sees you, me, all of us, as the enemy, as criminals. You don't need to do anything wrong: just by being a thinking, rational being, you pose a threat to their power, and they intend to quash you.
Unless you stand up and fight.
I can't say it better than this: "The recent disclosures underscore the Bush administration's extraordinarily sweeping conception of executive power," said Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project. "The administration's lawyers believe the president should be permitted to violate statutory law, to violate international treaties and even to violate the Fourth Amendment inside the U.S. They believe that the president should be above the law."
All hail King George.
In the memo, Yoo writes, "Our office recently concluded that the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations," the footnote states, referring to a document titled "Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities Within the United States."
Of course, when the media confronted the Department of Justice with this, they immediately backpedalled, saying they no longer hold that position.
But the point is we have it in writing. So much of what these usurpers do is, in fact, in writing. They not only say they want to take our rights, they actually document it.
That's a key aspect of this alternative truth movement: we deal in conspiracy facts, not theories.
The entire Bush administration has been focused on bolstering the powers of the President and diminishing the rights of the people. This is not speculation people; it is part of the historical record.
Be prepared to live in a world where the government and the police can search your person, your car, your kids, and your house whenever they want.
All in the name of some "domestic military operation", fighting some unnamed enemy, that more than likely is you.
That's the point, folks. This new government sees you, me, all of us, as the enemy, as criminals. You don't need to do anything wrong: just by being a thinking, rational being, you pose a threat to their power, and they intend to quash you.
Unless you stand up and fight.
I can't say it better than this: "The recent disclosures underscore the Bush administration's extraordinarily sweeping conception of executive power," said Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project. "The administration's lawyers believe the president should be permitted to violate statutory law, to violate international treaties and even to violate the Fourth Amendment inside the U.S. They believe that the president should be above the law."
All hail King George.
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