Have No Fear, Leakey Leahy is Here

Leahy vows to guard privacy rights

By Thomas Ferraro
Wed Dec 13, 9:44 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee promised on Wednesday to combat what he denounced as President George W. Bush's war-time trampling of American rights.

"We have a duty to repair real damage done to our system of government over the last few years," Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said in outlining his panel's agenda for the 110th, Democratic-led Congress, which is set to convene on January 4.

"Americans' privacy is a price the Bush administration is willing to pay for the cavalier way it is spawning new databanks. But privacy rights belong to the people, not to the government," Leahy said.

Leahy made the comments in a speech entitled, "Ensuring Liberty and Security Through Checks and Balances," to be delivered at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Okay, my first question for Leahy is "Are you going to do this before or after you leak all the information to the press?"

You've got to be kidding, this guy was kicked off of the Senate Intelligence Committee for leaking top secret information to the press. Of course the "real damage" that has occurred to our system of government has been at the hands of the Democrats and their propaganda wing, the Paleo-media. When you leak top secret information that will help our enemies defeat us, that causes "very real damage to our system of government." When you place your desire for political power above the security interests of the nation, that causes "very real damage to our system of government." When you seek to undermine the morale of our troops engaged in a war overseas, that causes "very real damage to our system of government" as well as gives aid and comfort to our enemies.

The real threat to our government and our way of life is not from the current administration, it is from the Democrats. The overwhelming drive to attain and keep political power in this nation by those on the Left is the greatest threat to our freedom and security this nation faces.

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