Rick Siegel Prespectives on Freedom and Liberty

Evil Will Find A Way When Responsibility Is Taken By Someone in Authority

It is a stunner as the Senate decided to test the waters at home this summer rather than incur the rancor of locals over immunity for crimes by telecommunication companies and the president.

The bill, which passed the Democratic controlled House, now grants the immunity to the telecoms in exchange for continued financial support through the elections. The bill also grants any agents of the government the right to spy on Americans as long as they let the courts know in a week or two after. That means spying any way possible including your email, phone calls, mobile number and microphones in your home, office or play spaces. All with no court order and instigated by any agent of the government without the need for any orders or oversight. Just a whim.

The telecommunication companies that worked closely with the illegal spying on Americans, demanded by the executive branch and their agents Homeland Security, are liable for criminal actions. President Bush wants desperately to help his friends that helped him carry out illegal spying.

In a stunning admission yesterday by CIA director Michael Hayden publicly acknowledged the use of Waterboarding on its captives. The torture traces it’s history back to the Catholic Inquisition and is condemned world wide through International Treaty and Law.