ACLU’s selective indignation
World Net Daily Reports about how then President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno established the Task Force on the Violence Against Abortion Providers Conspiracy, often referred to as “VAAPCON.” Of course let us not forget Waco, and Ruby Ridge When we think about the government trampling violently on citizens civil rights, but this is timely.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, Judicial Watch secured a series of damning Justice Department documents. These revealed that VAAPCON had been used to spy on at least 900 groups and individuals. Among those targeted were Roman Catholic Cardinal John O’Connor of New York, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Feminists for Life, the National Rifle Association and the U.S. Bishops’ Conference of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of these targets were explicitly Christian and openly opposed to anti-abortion violence.
To put VAAPCON in perspective, imagine the Bush administration targeting the Sierra Club, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Al Gore to deal with the issue of the Unabomber or environmentalist violence in general. Then imagine this being done while al-Qaida was actively plotting to destroy America.
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How quickly the Dems forget about their own use of government power, and unlike President Bush’s use of the NSA, a real ABUSE of Presidential power. So, where was Press and the ACLU’s outrage back then?
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Posted by Stop The ACLU Special Contributor on December 19, 2005 7:38 pm
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