George W. Bush justifies his attacks on America’s constitutionally-guaranteed liberties in the name of security. However, President Bush has failed to follow the most basic procedures for ordinary security in the White House. A 2007 investigation of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concluded that “security officers described repeated instances in which security breaches were reported to the White House Security Office by Secret Service or CIA agents, but were never investigated.”
George W. Bush has not made America more secure. Heck, he hasn’t even made his own offices secure. For President Bush to ask Americans to sacrifice their freedoms in the name of Homeland Security when he is himself unwilling to establish effective security within White House offices is unjust and hypocritical.
(Source: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 26, 2007)
