http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Gingrich_Bush_should_have_allowed_attack_0529.html

If you are afraid of “liberal propaganda” or whatever you can avoid reading the article and just watch the video. Basically the above link provides a link to the one I posted.

Anyway, classic double-speak from Mr. Contract with America. He would divide the FBI into two agencies? One that protects American civil liberties and another that is can do whatever it wants? You’ve got to be kidding me. Who falls for this? In theory, you’d have a crime fighting FBI and an anti-terrorism FBI. The problem is that the lines have been blurred, and any criminal these days can be considered a terrorist.

His points delve into complicated moral and ethical issues that are difficult to answer. He’s making a case where if we allow additional power in a narrow respect to Terrorism data, then we risk a much larger loss of liberty if the country moves into a state of fear. Of course, I don’t know how you could actually assure that the expanded power is limited to Terrorism and wouldn’t still violate our basic liberties. Once abuse of power is allowed, they might see my ranch as a threat espacially if I have foreighn visitors. Where would it stop. I don’t think I agree wih him, but I really don’t knwo what level of risk we face. What would the American people do if there was a major hit on something that has broad ranging effects, like a water system or even our power grid, with our already vulnerable situation in infrastructure, finance, energy and food. It wouldn’t take much to make things a mess. We just need to keep praying.