Friday, July 04, 2008

How Dare They Rip the Fourth Amendment?

The McClatchy group of newspapers has been living up to their motto - Truth to Power. They recently did a series on US detainees in Guantanamo, finding that lots of them were wrongly imprisoned.

Unfortunately, I do not see a McClatchy newspaper in my area.

Here's July 4th reading for you, by Joseph Galloway of McClatchy Newspapers.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

That's it. That's the Fourth Amendment. That is what these folks in Washington, D.C., have violated continuously and in secret for seven long years.

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How dare they?