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Re: [privacy] U.S. 'State Secrets' Case May Get Airing
From: Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:39:37 -0700
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:18:46 CDT, Dennis Henderson said:Maybe the ACLU should change their name to STCLU Suspected terrorists Civil Liberties Union They certainly aren't working for Americans much these days.That's because the ACLU understands the concept of "slippery slope" better than the people who's rights they are defending. OK, let's say you've decided that "suspected terrorists" don't have the same civil rights as others - what about the innocent ones? Don't all of them have their right to a fair trial and so forth? And if terrorists don't qualify, what *other* classes of unpopular criminals don't deserve a fair trial? Child pornographers? Doctors that perform abortions? Tax cheats? and so on....
Kind of reminds me of the Princess Bride. "You keep saying 'civil liberties.' I don't think that means what you think it means." :) -- Dave Dittrich Information Assurance Researcher, dittrich () u washington edu The iSchool http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich University of Washington PGP key http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/pgpkey.txt Fingerprint FE97 0C57 0843 F3EB 49A1 0CD0 8E0C D0BE C838 CCB5 _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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