George Bush and the American police state...

If we are a nation of free men living under the rule of Law, then those laws must be applied uniformly whether related to the common street dweller or the President of the United States.

By authorizing domestic spying, it seems as though President Bush may have violated federal law. If so, he must be punished up to and including impeachment.

This President has continued the construction of a full-blown police state since 9/11 in the name of the "War on Terror", invariably using "the events of September 11th" as a defense to his acts.

This time, it appears as though he's gone too far. According to the NY Times, the FBI has been spying on various political activist groups in America.

The Imperial President and the NSA Spying Scandal

“Trust me,” the president seems to continuously implore but no president (with the possible exception of Dick Nixon) has proven himself less worthy of trust than George W. Bush.

Set aside the long and tired trail of failures and deceptions, the “trust me” president tells us he is only authorizing illegal spying on American citizens linked to Al Qaeda but, if that were true, why would he bypass the legal sanction of a court that has rightly been characterized as a rubber stamp, that in fact has turned down only a handful of surveillance requests in its 27-year history?

Police State