The Dynamic Duo

At the blatant and unwavering abuses of this administration, by which I mean (in this case) the Justice (amazing how quickly this has become such an extremely ironic name since Bush took office) Department headed by John Ashcroft.

“The Justice Department tipped its hand in its ongoing legal war with the ACLU over the Patriot Act. Because the matter is so sensitive, the Justice Dept is allowed to black out those passages in the ACLU’s court filings that it feels should not be publicly released.

Ostensibly, they would use their powers of censorship only to remove material that truly could jeopardize US operations. But in reality, what did they do? They blacked out a quotation from a Supreme Court decision”

more here…

Thanks to Kuri for the link.