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Government

Dec. 24, 2005

Eavesdropping Fiasco Raises Greater Issue

Letter to the Editor - It is never harder to preserve democracy than when we are in physical danger. The instruments of justice can seem too slow - niceties for a safer time, but dangerous in a time of war.

Letter to the Editor
        It is never harder to preserve democracy than when we are in physical danger. The instruments of justice can seem too slow - niceties for a safer time, but dangerous in a time of war.
        However, that thinking can go too far and create dangers of its own. In recent years, the nation has seen an assertion of virtually unlimited presidential power in...

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