Trust Us, We're The ACLU

Yesterday, the ACLU had a fit because the Justice Department refused to answer some questions about the NSA’s wiretap program.

According to the ACLU the following can be attributed to Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office and former general counsel and legal director of NARAL Pro-Choice America:

"The Department of Justice continues to refuse to give honest answers to basic questions, such as how many Americans have had their phone calls and e-mails listened to or read by the NSA without a warrant. Congress and the American people are entitled to the truth. Knowing how many innocent Americans have had their privacy invaded by this lawless program is not an 'operational' secret--it's the very question a less partisan and more independent Congress asked and got answered in the 1970s. That's when Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to try to prevent warrantless spying on Americans from happening again."

“The administration continues to try to get away with stonewalling Congress and the American people. Congress should not reward presidential obstruction with legislation to whitewash this violation of the Fourth Amendment and federal law. The current era of ‘trust us, we’re the government’ must end now. Congress is obligated to investigate this illegal program further and cannot allow the Justice Department and White House to continue to suppress the facts. The law has been broken, and the people have a right to know how that happened.”

The Terrorist Surveillance Program of the NSA targets communications where one party is outside the United States and there are reasonable grounds to believe that at least one of them is a member or agent of al Qaeda or an affiliated terrorist organization. The President has inherent constitutional authority to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance. That, for any normal person, should be a given.

So, why is the ACLU trying to insinuate that this is an illegal tactic designed by our government so the presidnt can assume dictatorial power and harass innocent Americans during the final years of his administration? The ACLU, by rumor and inuendo, means to plant fears of government conspiracy in the minds and hearts of Americans. They and the other leftwing nut cases waltz out the big brother boogeyman whenever it is convenient to their cause.

It is a bold tactic because this group is one that desires to replace, not the government, but God, Himself, in these United States. They would set themselves up as the final decision makers as to what is moral and what is evil, what is permitted and what is verboten, what can be communicated and what can be censored.

So while they are asking us to trust them and not the government, ask yourself this, what would life be like if the ACLU were running the show? Would you rather be monitored while talking to a questionable foreign contact or reported for failing to use the latest government approved politically correct phraseology?

The ACLU is, itself, a politically sinister organization, where certain forms of dissent and questioning are not permitted. Secrecy and subterfuge abound and socialist propaganda pervades. I wouldn't trust this cabal to monitor the local animal shelter (sorry PETA) let alone the American government.