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Originally Posted by dude1394
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We're involved in a struggle unlike any other in our short history. There isn't any government to sanction, no people to sit around a table to preen and posture and play diplomatic poker. It transcends sovereign borders and the state of our shiny tech has allowed international meetings with no stamping of passports or purchasing of plane tickets, Disposable cell phones. Cafes that show a single IP address to the world. Mail that will never see a box you can stakeout and you can have a completely new address in seconds from any number of domains. A headset and Skype and voice over IP. Get a warrant for that.
Waterboarding is evil but a drone can blow up a village. We can't threaten detainees but handing them over using rendition, when we know stuff will be done that makes Gitmo a day at Disney World with a $1000 gift certificate to Baskin Robbins when you leave, gives us an ethical high ground. We can carbon credit and pay someone to be environmentally responsible for us and outsource all that distasteful interrogation.
I can understand Clinton downsizing intel assets after the fall of the Soviet Union and the corralling of Saddam. Satellites can read license plates, we don't need no stinking spys. I disagreed with it but it wasn't totally insane.
But Holder is insane to do this. Even if the people who believe in the Easter Bunny and there is no political agenda are correct. Intel is the single best weapon we have. It's the Crusades with the roles flipped. America is the twilight zone trading on old rep. Let's just break our weapons over our knees.