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Well, there goes more civil liberties
July 19, 2007 ( politics )
The UK Guardian reports:
President Bush unveiled an executive order that allows the administration to block bank accounts and any other financial assets that might be found in this country belonging to people, companies or groups that the United States deems are working to threaten stability in Iraq.Bush cited the ``unusual and extraordinary threat'' to national security and foreign policy of the United States ``posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people.'
Of course, this is limited only to people materially supporting efforts to undermine Iraqi stability. Unfortunately, that could be a pretty board term encompassing anyone who supports withdrawal, from Sen. Reid down to your everyday anti-war protester, or even donor to non-profits/NGOs supporting alternative development strategies. And as we learned last week, pot smokers support terrorists, so their assets could be seized as well, because we know they're a big threat.
Even the geek-news site slashdot has weighed in.
You can read the full text of the executive order at Whitehouse.gov yourself, if this kind of blatant abuse of power is still surprising you.
Can we impeach him now? (does calling for impeachment make me an underminer of Iraqi stability?) Guess I better take some cash out of the bank, huh?
Posted by griffjon at July 19, 2007 03:17 PM
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