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Government Can’t Even Keep Nuclear Weapons Info Secret

If President Bush can't even keep top secret information about people working on America's nuclear weapons secure, why should we believe that he can keep his database of our private telephone records secure?

Consider this:

1. This week, the United States Senate dropped all plans to hold hearings or any investigation of the gigantic illegal government database of records of the private telephone calls made to and from tens of millions of American homes. Dick Cheney met with Republican senators and got them agree to just forget about that little thing called the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Republican senators agreed.

2. This week, we also found out that a computer hacker gained access to “sensitive information” about thousands of people who work for the American government’s nuclear weapons programs.

George W. Bush has justified his theft of Americans’ private telephone records by saying that the personal information he is keeping about our personal communications is kept secure. Well, if President Bush can’t even keep top secret information about people working on America’s nuclear weapons secure, why should we believe that he can keep his database of our private telephone records secure?

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Date: June 10, 2006

Author: Curious Sam

Categories: general, homeland insecurity

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  pokerchampion

  in June 15th, 2006 @ 18:33

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  Jim

  in June 18th, 2006 @ 20:02

  That comment should tell you, Curious Sam, that you are definitely on the right track.

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  USMARINE

  in June 29th, 2006 @ 23:09

  lol Jim yeah he is on the right track, the right track out of America, hahahahha

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  USMARINE

  in June 29th, 2006 @ 23:22

  thats the beauty of things you see, I dont care what the people in office do yeah if theres a petition or somthing i feel i need to write a letter about you know ill do it but everyone in office is just doing there best to do what they feel is right for this nation no not everythings on point and we dont see the other side to why they did that either but im pretty sure Bush is doing what he thinks is best for the nation its like that TV series band of brothers when the CO that lost his job to his XO crosses paths with him later and the XO has been promoted and the old CO doesnt salute him and the new CO stops him and says we salute the rank not the man. why is it so many people claiming to be Americans would rather bad mouth him or make bumper stickers making fun of him than respect the position and what hes trying to do. and im sure every one will come back with there comments about oh well what isnt he trying to do or did you respect Clinton that way, and yes I did he was my commander and cheif when i first enlisted

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  Greg

  in July 4th, 2006 @ 19:15

  The American people do not salute the president. There is a reason for that.

  He works for us, not the other way around.

  It is our duty to exercise authority over the president by voting for him. And a person in a position of authority, who is in charge of hiring, simply must judge the people he or she is considering for the job.

  The real patriots are the ones who judge the president, not the ones who just salute him.

  You have it backwards, Marine.

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  USMARINE

  in July 7th, 2006 @ 11:21

  HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

  Oh My God, Thats the funniest thing I have ever heard in my entire life! you said quote, “The real patriots are the ones who judge the president, not the ones who just salute him.” So all those “NON-PATRIOTS” serving over seas who support the fight for freedom and who “Salute” there Commander and Chief and follow orders and not question them there just NOT Americans I guess. Tell that to my family who every male in my family has served in the military tell that to the familes who wave American flags in their yards and wear shirts that say God Bless the USA!

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  Greg

  in July 7th, 2006 @ 12:32

  OK, I will tell that to your family, every one of them.

  No matter how bravely you have fought, or how loyally you have served in the armed forces, if you haven’t stepped up to your duty as an American to judge and question your elected officials, you are not true patriots.

  I’m not against expressing respect or admiration for the flag or the president. I’m just saying that’s not enough. When you salute the flag, you are saluting the symbol of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. If you don’t have what it takes to be one of those people, to ask the hard questions and be tough and critical toward your elected officials when necessary, you don’t understand what that symbol means.

  I bet many members of your family have stepped up and fulfilled their patriotic duty. But from the way you talk, it seems like that’s something you have yet to understand.

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  Pilgrim

  in July 9th, 2006 @ 08:20

  How sadly America has descended, when so many people believe that all they need to do to be patriots is to wave a flag and wear a t-shirt.

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  USMARINE

  in July 11th, 2006 @ 14:12

  You guys are pathetic, enough said.

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  USMARINE

  in July 11th, 2006 @ 14:46

  You know what no im not going to leave like that i will not let you tarnish the sacrifice my fellow Marines have made for you, You tell me im not Patriotic you call my family not Patriots, Every man in my family has served this Nation were they not Patriots when we travled to New York to help with clean up effort were they not patriots when we each gave years of our lives in service to our country my granfather 23 years my other grandfather 14 my dad 26 years my uncle 20 my brother in law 4 You sir are a discrace to the definition of Patriotisim Noun 1. patriotismpatriotism – love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
  nationalism
  loyalty – the quality of being loyal
  Americanism – loyalty to the USA and its institutions
  WHERE DOES IT SAY TO JUDGE WHERE DOES IT SAY TO ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS CAN YOU NOT READ IT SAYS TO SACRIFICE TO BE LOYAL REGARDLESS OF YOUR OPINION THATS WHAT PATRIOTISIM IS! My family has sacrificed it all my friends have sacrificed there lives sir what have you sacrificed? who are you loyal to? sounds to me you are loyal to terrorisim because thats what they do they judge our nation on the way we live think about what you are saying sir.

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  Greg

  in July 12th, 2006 @ 03:00

  Yes, patriotism means loyalty to one’s country. But we are not just talking about loyalty to any country, we are talking about loyalty to the United States of America.

  The U.S.A. is a special place. It is a nation of the people, by the people, and for the people. To be a true American means to be an active participant in the democratic process. That is where asking hard questions and exercising judgement comes in.

  Answer me this: How can you cast an informed vote without exercising judgement? How can you be a patriot if you don’t vote?

  I find it the height of irony that you have endured untold suffering to protect my right to participate in the American democratic process, only to return home and denounce me as a terrorist for exercising the rights you risked your life to give me.

  There is a difference between a terrorist and a loyal citizen of a democracy: Both judge and evaluate. The difference is how they exercise power. The loyal citizen of a democracy exercises power by thinking, debating and voting–participating in the democratic process. The terrorist kills innocent people in an attempt to influence policy through fear and intimidation.

  I am not a terrorist. I am a loyal participant in the democratic process of the United States of America. If you do not understand the difference between the two, I don’t think you know what it means to truly be a patriotic American.

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  Rumpole

  in July 12th, 2006 @ 06:08

  Your Marines didn’t make any sacrifice for me, fella. They chose to become paid fighters.

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  USMARINE

  in July 13th, 2006 @ 00:14

  Pathetic.

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  Pinkerton

  in July 13th, 2006 @ 20:54

  Yeah, pathetic.

  Pathetic that you were dumb enough to risk your life to defend rights you don’t even want people to have!

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  Crafty

  in November 30th, 2007 @ 18:08

  Oh really? He can’t keep the fricking WEAPONS safely under wraps, much less info about them! Remember that Minot-Barksdale Nuke missile flight …

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