http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:25:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60350 Stop the ACLU Blogburst at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:05:46 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60350 [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...] [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...]

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60351 Cigar Intelligence Agency » Blog Archive » Stop the ACLU Blogburst Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:50:33 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60351 [...] There is no doubt that a certain amount of transparency is essential for a modern democracy to function honestly. However, taken to the extreme, complete transparency would effectively make our National Security impotent and threaten the ability of the democracy to secure its very existence. There is a line that must be carefully walked. We must maintain common sense, especially in times that enemies threaten our very existence. We can not be so transparent that our enemies can see through us, and know our techniques and plans to fight them and protect ourselves against them. We should never cede our security to exist over to a utopian ideological dream of a completely transparent government. It is also important to have government watchdogs keeping an eye on government from abusing and over-classifying information that the public has a right to know. The danger lies in allowing too much liberty, especially to absolutist organizations like the ACLU, in that decision making process. The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. Judge Rakoff is notoriously liberal, having declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 2002 (a ruling quickly overturned), and earlier this year forcing the Pentagon to make public thousands of pages of information on suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. So it’s understandable for prosecutors to not want to fight an unwinable battle. Are we nearing the day, however, when the ACLU has our legal system so wrapped around its finger that government secrets can no longer be kept from terrorists? Consider these points: • The ACLU’s Romero called the subpoena battle “a fight not over a document but over the principle that the government cannot and should not be allowed to intimidate and impede the work of human rights advocates like the ACLU who seek to expose government wrongdoing.” But if leftist activist groups or journalists, rather than the freely-elected U.S. government, decide what is legitimately secret and what is “intimidation,” there’s little that will remain secret. [...] [...] There is no doubt that a certain amount of transparency is essential for a modern democracy to function honestly. However, taken to the extreme, complete transparency would effectively make our National Security impotent and threaten the ability of the democracy to secure its very existence. There is a line that must be carefully walked. We must maintain common sense, especially in times that enemies threaten our very existence. We can not be so transparent that our enemies can see through us, and know our techniques and plans to fight them and protect ourselves against them. We should never cede our security to exist over to a utopian ideological dream of a completely transparent government. It is also important to have government watchdogs keeping an eye on government from abusing and over-classifying information that the public has a right to know. The danger lies in allowing too much liberty, especially to absolutist organizations like the ACLU, in that decision making process. The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. Judge Rakoff is notoriously liberal, having declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 2002 (a ruling quickly overturned), and earlier this year forcing the Pentagon to make public thousands of pages of information on suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. So it’s understandable for prosecutors to not want to fight an unwinable battle. Are we nearing the day, however, when the ACLU has our legal system so wrapped around its finger that government secrets can no longer be kept from terrorists? Consider these points: • The ACLU’s Romero called the subpoena battle “a fight not over a document but over the principle that the government cannot and should not be allowed to intimidate and impede the work of human rights advocates like the ACLU who seek to expose government wrongdoing.” But if leftist activist groups or journalists, rather than the freely-elected U.S. government, decide what is legitimately secret and what is “intimidation,” there’s little that will remain secret. [...]

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60352 Customerservant.com » Blog Archive » Stop The ACLU Blogburst, 22 December 2006 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:08:32 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60352 [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...] [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...]

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60353 Conservative Culture » War, Transparency, and the ACLU Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:52:36 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60353 [...] There is no doubt that a certain amount of transparency is essential for a modern democracy to function honestly. However, taken to the extreme, complete transparency would effectively make our National Security impotent and threaten the ability of the democracy to secure its very existence. There is a line that must be carefully walked. We must maintain common sense, especially in times that enemies threaten our very existence. We can not be so transparent that our enemies can see through us, and know our techniques and plans to fight them and protect ourselves against them. We should never cede our security to exist over to a utopian ideological dream of a completely transparent government. It is also important to have government watchdogs keeping an eye on government from abusing and overclassifying information that the public has a right to know. The danger lies in allowing too much liberty, especially to absolutist organizations like the ACLU, in that decision making process. The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. Judge Rakoff is notoriously liberal, having declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 2002 (a ruling quickly overturned), and earlier this year forcing the Pentagon to make public thousands of pages of information on suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. So it’s understandable for prosecutors to not want to fight an unwinnable battle. Are we nearing the day, however, when the ACLU has our legal system so wrapped around its finger that government secrets can no longer be kept from terrorists? Consider these points: • The ACLU’s Romero called the subpoena battle “a fight not over a document but over the principle that the government cannot and should not be allowed to intimidate and impede the work of human rights advocates like the ACLU who seek to expose government wrongdoing.” But if leftist activist groups or journalists, rather than the freely-elected U.S. government, decide what is legitimately secret and what is “intimidation,” there’s little that will remain secret. [...] [...] There is no doubt that a certain amount of transparency is essential for a modern democracy to function honestly. However, taken to the extreme, complete transparency would effectively make our National Security impotent and threaten the ability of the democracy to secure its very existence. There is a line that must be carefully walked. We must maintain common sense, especially in times that enemies threaten our very existence. We can not be so transparent that our enemies can see through us, and know our techniques and plans to fight them and protect ourselves against them. We should never cede our security to exist over to a utopian ideological dream of a completely transparent government. It is also important to have government watchdogs keeping an eye on government from abusing and overclassifying information that the public has a right to know. The danger lies in allowing too much liberty, especially to absolutist organizations like the ACLU, in that decision making process. The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. Judge Rakoff is notoriously liberal, having declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 2002 (a ruling quickly overturned), and earlier this year forcing the Pentagon to make public thousands of pages of information on suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. So it’s understandable for prosecutors to not want to fight an unwinnable battle. Are we nearing the day, however, when the ACLU has our legal system so wrapped around its finger that government secrets can no longer be kept from terrorists? Consider these points: • The ACLU’s Romero called the subpoena battle “a fight not over a document but over the principle that the government cannot and should not be allowed to intimidate and impede the work of human rights advocates like the ACLU who seek to expose government wrongdoing.” But if leftist activist groups or journalists, rather than the freely-elected U.S. government, decide what is legitimately secret and what is “intimidation,” there’s little that will remain secret. [...]

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60354 American Daughter Media Center - Front Page » Blog Archive » Stop The ACLU Blogburst Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:42:53 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60354 [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...] [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...]

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60355 Right on the Right » War, Transparency, and the ACLU Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:29:38 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60355 [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...] [...] The Investor’s Business Daily bring up some very good points in reference to the recent backing down of the government in trying to obtain a classified document from the ACLU. “The government blinked,” gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. [...]

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60356 kerwin_brown Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:35:35 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60356 The government acted the coward. That is how opressors like the ACLU win. The government acted the coward. That is how opressors like the ACLU win.

]]> http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/comment-page-1/#comment-60357 jinxmchue Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:49:02 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/12/19/government-backs-down-on-aclu-document-subpoena/#comment-60357 Whatever happened to the crime of receiving stolen property? Whatever happened to the crime of receiving stolen property?

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