It Can't Happen Here?

• Never say 'It can't happen here' - Because it can

  • National ID cards (like Germany pre WWII)
  • Traveler ID cards (like the Soviet Union)
  • People held without trial or lawyers ('detainees')
  • People not secure in their homes (search law changes)
  • Freedom of association limited (correlation of emails)
  • Attorney client confidentiality gone (China, Russia)
  • War crimes (no legal ruling on 'detainees' not POWs)
  • Loss of freedom of speech (web site shut downs)
  • Posse Comitatus gone (Homeland Defense, CIA in US)
  • Grand Jury Testimony not sealed (open to CIA -> FBI)

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