From: "Dave Ings" 

Per se, of course not. But look at it from an org theory point of view.

Anyone who has worked in a large organisation (as I have for 25 years, an
org with over 250K people) is aware that there exist "empire
builders" who are always on the look for "cover" to increase
their scope, advance their pet project, or otherwise increase their
influence. That's just a fact of life those of us who work in large orgs
learn to live with. We also learn to keep an eye open for it.

So IMHO attributing this to "the fever swamp into which American
liberalism is on the verge of descending" is a catchy but silly quote.
--
Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>

>
> So we are really to believe that President Bush just sat around after 9/11
> thinking, "How can I aggrandize my powers?" Or that Gen.
Hayden-and his
> hundreds of nonpolitical subordinates-cheerfully agreed to an obviously
> crazy, bizarre, and unnecessary project of "domestic spying"?


> This is the fever swamp into which American liberalism is on the verge of
> descending.
>

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