Mike Whitney, "On the changing face of terror", sees it so clear!

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Everything changed.

We know now that every breach of the law, every assault on tradition, every illegal conflict was perfectly timed to coincide with the “galvanizing moment”; a “Pearl Harbor-type event” that would rally the public behind their war president and begin the long, descent into iniquity.

The Patriot Act was prepared and ready for approval well before 9-11, just as the NSA program of blanket-spying on the American people began shortly thereafter. Rumsfeld was looking for excuses to attack Iraq just hours after the Towers fell, and in a matter of months, White House attorneys would be building a legal defense for the cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners.

Was this merely coincidence or was the Bush administration already gearing up for the transition to dictatorship?

Treaties were shredded, civil liberties were savaged, and every obstacle to presidential authority was removed. Now, the only principle the Bush administration adheres to is the fundamental belief that it is above the law.

full article here:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_whi_060315_the_changing_face_of.htm