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In which I can't help but add
Because I'm still fuming for all kinds of reasons, and it's distracting me from working, I point out this quote:
In fact, though, as far as I've seen, Bush hasn't actually said anything about his supposedly legal wiretapping powers being used only "insofar as they are essential." But he has criticized the "shameful act" of disclosing to the American public that the president of their democracy is engaged in tapping their phones without any legitimate basis in or recourse to law or legal process.
This type of analogy is not that far fetched.
"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures...The number of cases in which an internal necessity exists for having recourse to such a law is in itself a limited one."Bush on the Patriot Act? Bush on his domestic spying program? No (but you figured that out, I'm sure, since the sentence was actually somewhat literate and grammatical, if in a stilted, grandiose sort of way). Hitler in 1933 before the Reichstag (Parliament) on the emergency powers granted to him after the Reichstag Fire.
In fact, though, as far as I've seen, Bush hasn't actually said anything about his supposedly legal wiretapping powers being used only "insofar as they are essential." But he has criticized the "shameful act" of disclosing to the American public that the president of their democracy is engaged in tapping their phones without any legitimate basis in or recourse to law or legal process.
This type of analogy is not that far fetched.