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and once on the top and starting to slide, it's hard to pull back. Tony Bliar sees no need to trun back to and plans to argue with judges and get some offences prosecuted and judged by the police. Maybe he watched the video of the New Orleans police beating up that retired school-teacher.

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A couple of related articles on Yahoo today ...

GIVING DEMOCRACY THE BIRD
By Ted Rall
Tue Oct 11, 8:06 PM ET

Bush Asks Congress for Martial Law

NEW YORK--Soldiers brandishing automatic weapons, a defining characteristic of life in Third World dictatorships, have become commonplace at airports, bus and train stations, government offices and highway checkpoints since 9/11. Now troops are becoming our first responders to situations, such as natural disasters and flu outbreaks, which normally fall under civilian jurisdiction.

Everything's gone topsy-turvy: The National Guard, charged with keeping order here at home and legally under the control of state governors, has been shipped off to Iraq and Afghanistan, shanghaied by the federal government.

Here in the U.S., whatever comes up, the Bush Administration's first reaction is to send in the regular army troops who are supposed to be in Iraq.

Whether it's a sinister plot against American democracy or the most sustained large-scale foolishness in history, the Bush Administration is tearing down the traditional wall between overseas military action and domestic law enforcement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucru/givingdemocracythebird;_ylt=Alg55vtgZk2qEvlPzc86bYgDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Big Brother bill won't step on civil rights, says prime minister
TERRY PEDWELL
Tue Oct 11, 6:14 PM ET

OTTAWA (CP) - New legislation to expand the ability of authorities to monitor e-mails and telephone calls won't trample on civil rights, says Prime Minister Paul Martin.

"In every instance when the government brings forth this kind of legislation, obviously the question of civil rights is first and foremost in our minds and they will be protected," Martin said Tuesday during a visit to Toronto

The Lawful Access bill, along with accompanying regulations to be introduced in the House of Commons next month, would require telecommunications service providers to install high-tech equipment that is "intercept capable."

The government wants to give police the tools to keep up with organized criminals and others deemed threats to Canada's security, who are using high-tech to get around wiretaps.

"The idea is to essentially ensure that when companies build new technologies, they build in the capability for police to do what they've always done on the previous technologies," said Alex Swann, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan.

"Have the physical, literal ability to intercept communications if they have a warrant."

The new technology would give police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's spy agency, the ability to intercept the e-mail, Internet chat, telephone and cell phone conversations of thousands of people at a time.

The United States has already adopted similar legislation.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051011/ca_pr_on_na/wiretap_surveillance

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If you can't stop the erosion, then maybe its time to start looking for a place to weather it.

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