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Bush's Enemies List
C. L. Cook
PEJ News
http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?
op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3703
&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
November 12, 2005
Beyond the botched break-in of the Democrat's election HQ by Nixon's
so-called "plumbers," one of the most troubling facts to come out
of the subsequent
'Watergate' investigations was the existence of an "official
enemies list"
compiled by the administration with the aid of J. Edgar Hoover's
FBI. Now, the
Beltway broadsheet, Capitol Hill Blue is reporting the Bush
administration too has
an enemies list, one dwarfing Tricky Dick's, and again the FBI is
implicated.
According to the paper, Bush's list contains the names and
incriminating
details on more than 10,000 subjects deemed hostile to the
administration, and
even those believed critical of Bush during his tenure as governor
of Texas. More
worrisome than the existence of such a list is the misuse by Bush
insiders of
the so-called "Patriot Act" to investigate those disagreeing with
administration policies.
The list includes information on members of Congress, local, state and
federal officials and many media figures and ordinary citizens who
have had the
temerity to question Bush's reign. Some notables said to appear
prominently on the
list are filmmaker, Michael Moore, outspoken Senator, Barbara
Boxer, and news
bloggers behind the sites, Daily Kos and Wonkette.
Describing the methods behind the Bush team philosophy, an unnamed
White
House aide says: "If you want to know who’s sleeping with whom, who
drinks too
much or has a fondness for nose candy, this is the place to find
it. Karl (Rove)
operates under the rule that if you fuck with us, we’ll f*ck you
over."
Karl Rove, Bush's chief political operative, is said to have begun
the list
while working on George W. Bush's gubernatorial run in Texas and was
dramatically expanded following the passage of the Patriot Act in
2001. Rove allegedly
made use of the FBI's "national security letters" to garner private
information
on perceived foes. The letters allow the FBI to intercept phone,
financial,
and internet records without the subjects knowledge, or judicial
oversight. The
letters are routinely sent to employers, banks, and other sources
deemed
likely to possess personal data. Those contacted are forbidden, on
pain of
prosecution, from informing individuals targeted.
Commenting on the list, a White House staffer said: "We’re talking
about Big
Brother at its most extreme. We know things about people that their
spouses don
’t know and, if it becomes politically expedient, we will make sure
the rest
of the world knows."
The White House has so far refused comment on the list.
Chris Cook is a contributing editor to PEJ News and hosts Gorilla
Radio, a
weekly public affairs program that is no friend of the Bush
administration. You
can check out the GR Blog here.
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<DIV><STRONG>C. L. Cook</STRONG></DIV><STRONG>
<DIV></STRONG>PEJ News</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?
op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3703&mode=thread
&order=0&thold=0">http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?
op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3703&mode=thread
&order=0&thold=0</A><BR>November 12, 2005<BR><BR>Beyond the
botched break-in of the Democrat's election HQ by Nixon's so-called
"plumbers," one of the most troubling facts to come out of the
subsequent 'Watergate' investigations was the existence of an
"official enemies list" compiled by the administration with
the aid of <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
J._Edgar_Hoover">J. Edgar Hoover's </A>FBI. Now, the Beltway
broadsheet,<A href="http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/
article_7625.shtml"> Capitol Hill Blue is reporting </A><STRONG>the
Bush administration too has an enemies list, one dwarfing
Tricky Dick's, and again the FBI is implicated</
STRONG>. <BR><BR>According to the paper, <STRONG>Bush's
list contains the names and incriminating details on more than
10,000 subjects deemed hostile to the administration, and even
those believed critical of Bush during his tenure as governor of
Texas</STRONG>. More worrisome than the existence of such a list is
the <STRONG><EM>misuse by Bush insiders of the so-called "Patriot
Act" to investigate those disagreeing with administration policies</
EM></STRONG>.<BR><BR>The list includes information on members of
Congress, local, state and federal officials and many media figures
and ordinary citizens who have had the temerity to question Bush's
reign. Some notables said to appear prominently on the list are
filmmaker, Michael Moore, outspoken Senator, Barbara Boxer, and
news bloggers behind the sites, <A href="http://
www.dailykos.com/">Daily Kos </A>and <A href="http://
www.wonkette.com/">Wonkette</A>.<BR><BR>Describing the methods
behind the Bush team philosophy, an unnamed White House aide
says: "If you want to know who’s sleeping with whom, who
drinks too much or has a fondness for nose candy, this is the place
to find it. Karl (Rove) operates under the rule that if you
fuck with us, we’ll f*ck you over."<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000>Karl Rove, Bush's chief political operative, is said
to have begun the list while working on George W. Bush's
gubernatorial run in Texas and was dramatically expanded following
the passage of the Patriot Act in 2001. Rove allegedly made use of
the FBI's "national security letters" to garner private
information on perceived foes. <EM>The letters allow the FBI to
intercept phone, financial, and internet records without the
subjects knowledge, or judicial oversight</EM>. The letters
are routinely sent to employers, banks, and other sources deemed
likely to possess personal data. <EM>Those contacted are forbidden,
on pain of prosecution, from informing individuals targeted. <BR></
EM></FONT></STRONG><BR>Commenting on the list, a White House
staffer said: "We’re talking about Big Brother at its most
extreme. We know things about people that their spouses don’t
know and, if it becomes politically expedient, we will make sure
the rest of the world knows."<BR><BR>The White House has so far
refused comment on the list.<BR><BR><BR><STRONG><BR><EM>Chris Cook</
EM></STRONG><EM> is a contributing editor to </EM><A href="http://
www.pej.org/"><EM>PEJ News </EM></A><EM>and hosts </EM><A
href="http://cfuv.uvic.ca/";><EM>Gorilla Radio</EM></A><EM>, a
weekly public affairs program that is no friend of the Bush
administration. You can check out the</EM><A href="http://
gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/"><EM> GR Blog here.</EM></A></DIV></
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