The Enemy Within

There's no wiggle room when it comes to our civil liberties. You either support the Bill of Rights -- or you join the ranks of it's enemies. <!--break--> In a recent letter to the Times Union (<a href="http://hm.indymedia.org/mod/search/dosearch/index.php?dosearch=1&searchtext="><img alt="[search]" style="vertical-align: baseline;" src="http://hm.indymedia.org/images/content_searchlinks/search.jpg" /></a>)(Albany, NY), Troy, New York resident, Mark Worden contends that it's OK with him if the government monitors some U.S. citizens &quot;without the legal niceties of a court order.&quot;<br /><div class="body"> <br /> Worden writes: &quot;make no mistake, this is no small thing. In allowing this sort of expediency, we are giving up some of our freedom and granting the government a great power. It is a very real sacrifice, and it should not be taken lightly.&quot;<br /> <br /> Worden states, &quot;for my part, I am willing to make that sacrifice as one truly necessary to help fight terrorism and prevent attacks on our country. I hope others will look at it in the same way and give our government some benefit of the doubt. We cannot afford to be &quot;Bushophobic&quot; and react emotionally or from political partisanship. Instead, we should recognize that another attack is probable and allow our government every available tool to detect it,&quot; he said.<br /> <br /> I have a real problem with Mark Worden and his ilk. These people pose a greater threat to a free and independent United States than Al Qaeda. Mr. Worden may be willing to give up his civil liberties -- but I'm not willing to sacrifice mine! When people like Mark Worden roll over and let George Bush violate their civil liberties, we all get screwed.<br /> <br /> On The Net:<br /> <br /> &quot;Sacrifice of some privacy is OK as a safeguard,&quot; Mark Worden, letter to the editor, Times Union, January 8, 2006. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/c9e4c">tinyurl.com/c9e4c</a> </div>

<p>There's no wiggle room when it comes to our civil liberties. You either support the Bill of Rights -- or you join the ranks of it's enemies.</p> <!--break--><p>In a recent letter to the Times Union (<a href="http://hm.indymedia.org/mod/search/dosearch/index.php?dosearch=1&amp;searchtext="><img alt="[search]" style="vertical-align: baseline;" src="http://hm.indymedia.org/images/content_searchlinks/search.jpg" /></a>)(Albany,<br /> NY), Troy, New York resident, Mark Worden contends that it's OK with<br /> him if the government monitors some U.S. citizens "without the legal<br /> niceties of a court order."<br /> </p><div class="body"> <br /> Worden writes: "make no mistake, this is no small thing. In allowing<br /> this sort of expediency, we are giving up some of our freedom and<br /> granting the government a great power. It is a very real sacrifice, and<br /> it should not be taken lightly." <p>Worden states, "for my part, I am willing to make that sacrifice as one<br /> truly necessary to help fight terrorism and prevent attacks on our<br /> country. I hope others will look at it in the same way and give our<br /> government some benefit of the doubt. We cannot afford to be<br /> "Bushophobic" and react emotionally or from political partisanship.<br /> Instead, we should recognize that another attack is probable and allow<br /> our government every available tool to detect it," he said.</p> <p>I have a real problem with Mark Worden and his ilk. These people pose a<br /> greater threat to a free and independent United States than Al Qaeda.<br /> Mr. Worden may be willing to give up his civil liberties -- but I'm not<br /> willing to sacrifice mine! When people like Mark Worden roll over and<br /> let George Bush violate their civil liberties, we all get screwed.</p> <p>On The Net:</p> <p>"Sacrifice of some privacy is OK as a safeguard," Mark Worden, letter to the editor, Times Union, January 8, 2006. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/c9e4c">tinyurl.com/c9e4c</a> </p></div>