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Unfortunately, there's always an abuse of power in the US government. Hey, but we need those reporters and the ACLU to point out the injustices and abuses. I rather have them make those complaints than to have them silenced like many other communist countries. And for Bush say that it was a 'shameful act' for New York Times to release this story is no different. It seems that to you that Freedom of the Press is optional in the US.
heh, i was chief editor of my college newspaper for 3 semesters, and even in that "lofty" position of media power it was made clear to me that freedom of the press is as much of a myth as privacy is, you blame bush for taking away civil liberties, but you never really had them to begin with
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Nixon only got 2 former CIA agents to do watergate and it got him in hot water. Yet it seems okay to you for Bush to have an executive order to use the NSA to violate Americans' civil rights.
like i said before, nixon only got in trouble because he got caught, other times its washed over, ignored, or not even noticed in the first place
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true - but that doesnt make it right
i agree its not right, im just saying it happens, always has and most likely always will