http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/07/want-real-homeland-security.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/07/want-real-homeland-security.html/comment-page-1#comment-4846 Kate Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:49:39 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2819#comment-4846 For better transparency, this position shouldn't be appointed by the President, it should be appointed by the opposition party or EFF type organizations. For better transparency, this position shouldn’t be appointed by the President, it should be appointed by the opposition party or EFF type organizations.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/07/want-real-homeland-security.html/comment-page-1#comment-4845 Arthur Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:11:58 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2819#comment-4845 @cynical er I mean @Alex, Part of the point of a dedicated position is that it's easier to take someone to task publicly (up to and including things like congressional investigations or law suits) if they have a more specific charter or more clearly, that they don't have the potential clashing interests of say security vs privacy that say the DoJ or DHS can have... @cynical er I mean @Alex,
Part of the point of a dedicated position is that it’s easier to take someone to task publicly (up to and including things like congressional investigations or law suits) if they have a more specific charter or more clearly, that they don’t have the potential clashing interests of say security vs privacy that say the DoJ or DHS can have…

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/07/want-real-homeland-security.html/comment-page-1#comment-4844 Alex Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:03 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2819#comment-4844 Arthur, I disagree. I think it would be more effective if the Court system and/or Congress somehow addressed the issue. Call my cynical, but I can just see a Cheney or Rove getting the office of "Civil Liberties Advisor" in some future executive-power-expanding-despot-wannabe administration. Arthur,
I disagree. I think it would be more effective if the Court system and/or Congress somehow addressed the issue.
Call my cynical, but I can just see a Cheney or Rove getting the office of “Civil Liberties Advisor” in some future executive-power-expanding-despot-wannabe administration.

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