I can not believe that our government has decided to give the military yet even more power over the intelligence gathering capabilities of it's operations.
This man will surly usher in an era of "spying on it's citizens" such as the world has never seen. And we all thought the KGB and the Gestapo of Nazi Germany was horrific.
Some of the things this man has said it relation to the ongoing "spying controversy" in the U.S. make me wonder if anyone in a position of authority is really listening.
Wake up people. We have a man here who believes that a person's privacy means "diddly squat" in the larger scheme of things.
So much for the constitution and the Bill of Rights.
The "Police State" has now officially (if before unofficialy) begun in Amerika.
I beg anyone who cares about the future of the world and how things will start to unfold to pick up a copy of "1984" and read it.
Things will be much clearer as to where we are headed after you read this errie "prophetic" novel. Fiction is what this book is made out to be.....but I think it was just a "peak" at was to come and is now here.
At least there were some members of our senate who dissented and voted a resounding "NO" to this lawless 4-star general who doesn't seem to care about the constitution or any other legal protection that has been set in stone by our founders.
The names are the names of all of the people who I generally admire in our troubled government of today.....here is the roll call of those who voted not to let this military dufus run the CIA and my hero and I think one of our hopes for a brighter future, Russ Fiengold was one of the biggies who also had quite a bit to say as noted later in the part of the missive I have copied from another blog:
Voting against Hayden's nomination were Democrats Evan Bayh of Indiana, Maria Cantwell of Washington, Hillary Clinton of New York, Mark Dayton of Minnesota, Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Dick Durbin and Barack Obama of Illinois, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry of Massachusetts, Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Ron Wyden of Oregon.
Intriguingly, the dissident Democrats were joined in their opposition to Hayden by Senate Judiciary Committee chair Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, who has been increasingly restive regarding the administration's assault on basic freedoms.
Predictably, the Senate's most diligent critic of the administration's reckless disregard for the rule of law was the most outspoken objector to Hayden's nomination.
"I voted against the nomination of General Michael Hayden to be Director of the CIA because I am not convinced that the nominee respects the rule of law and Congress's oversight responsibilities," explained Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who bluntly declared that, "as Director of the NSA, General Hayden directed an illegal program that put Americans on American soil under surveillance without the legally required approval of a judge."
"Our country needs a CIA Director who is committed to fighting terrorism aggressively without breaking the law or infringing on the rights of Americans. General Hayden's role in implementing and publicly defending the warrantless surveillance program does not give me confidence that he is capable of fulfilling this important responsibility," explained Feingold, who cast one of the three dissenting votes when the Hayden nomination was considered by the intelligence committee.
Noting that Hayden had failed in his testimony before the Intelligence Committee to express any reservations about the administration past misdeeds, that the general had evidenced little respect for congressional oversight and that he gave misleading testimony to the Intelligence Committee in 2002, Feingold concluded that,
"The stakes are high. Al Qaeda and its affiliates seek to destroy us. We must fight back and we must join this fight together, as a nation. But when Administration officials ignore the law and ignore the other branches of government, it distracts us from fighting our enemies.
I am disappointed that the President decided to make such a controversial nomination at this time.
While I defer to Presidents in considering nominations to positions in the executive branch, I cannot vote for a nominee whose conduct raises such troubling questions about his adherence to the rule of law."
Read the rest of the above post from the author of a blog called "The Online Beat" that is featured on the website called "Thenation.com" by clicking on the link below.
He has titled his post "Hayden Hijinks".
I think that it is very appropriate:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=86582
Read the Rueters Article below for a more "government viewpoint" of things as most people should know that Reuters among many other of the major news media outlets are totally controlled by the very government that is trying to take away most of their freedoms of their presses....
Senate confirms Michael Hayden as CIA chief��Reuters.com
A good Saturday to all.
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