The German government went downhill in terror hysteria, but not this badly (yet)

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For Christmas, Your Government Will Explain Why It's Legal to Kill You

(hat tip to BoingBoing)

The government dropped a bomb on a U.S. citizen,

who, though a total dick and probably a criminal, may have been engaged only in propaganda,

which, though despicable, is generally protected by the First Amendment;

it did so without a trial or even an indictment (that we know of),

based at least in part on evidence it says it has but won't show anyone,

and on a legal argument it has apparently made but won't show anyone,

and the very existence of which it will not confirm or deny;

although don't worry, because the C.I.A. would never kill an American without having somebody do a memo first;

and this is the "most transparent administration ever";

currently run by a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Imagine anyone would have told you during the Clinton administration that this would happen.

S Ortmann
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