Legislating Tyranny

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS and LAWRENCE M. STRATTON Counterpunch 6/03/08

The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with an assault on U.S. civil liberty that Bush justified in the name of the “war on terror.” The government assured us that the draconian measures apply only to “terrorists.” The word terrorist, however, was not defined.The government claimed the discretionary power to decide who is a terrorist without having to present evidence or charges in a court of law. (more…)