Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Politicizing Intelligence -- Editorial

From Washington Times:

"I regret that in the politicization of everything that happens in Washington, D.C., some took offense." That's Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano's latest non-apology for her department's report that veterans are a threat to the country. Obviously she doesn't get it. The central issue is not about anyone taking offense but of rights being violated.

Several recent reports suggest an emerging pattern of systematic abuse of federal law enforcement and intelligence assets to target law-abiding Americans engaged in the peaceful expression of political views. The target groups are not domestic terrorists but those who make known certain opinions on abortion, same-sex marriage, guns, immigration, foreign trade, job outsourcing, the federal relationship with states and America's role in the international community. Their crime is that they disagree with Obama administration policies.

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