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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 11:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Bart
Out of all the times I did dirty little tricks on behalf of God and country, I never violated the Constitutional rights of any US citizen. Non-US citizens were fair game; and outside the US, I pretty much took it to the limit and beyond. Inside the US, we stuck to the rules of engagement.

From this perspective, this is not a major event. Yes, corrective action is needed, but c'mon, you're really carrying this thing a bit too far.
Maybe, maybe not. However, from the perspective I'm looking at it from, which includes the fact that our constitutional rights are being eroded away by things like the Patriot Act, this is an event.

It's not the first time it's happened either. PoliceStateSurvivor mentioned it before, only it was prefaced by "you foreigners" (he has an accent but is a US citizen).

The buck has to stop somewhere. I think we just found where it stops.
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