"Secret" Searches

I've see this other places as well, but here's a nice writeup from drudge on Clinton's and Carter's orders to search & observe Americans without a court order:
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SECRET SEARCH ON AMERICANS -- WITHOUT COURT ORDER

CARTER EXECUTIVE ORDER: 'ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE' WITHOUT COURT ORDER

Bill Clinton Signed Executive Order that allowed Attorney General to do searches without court approval

Clinton, February 9, 1995: "The Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order"

Jimmy Carter Signed Executive Order on May 23, 1979: "Attorney General is authorized to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order."

WASH POST, July 15, 1994: Extend not only to searches of the homes of U.S. citizens but also -- in the delicate words of a Justice Department official -- to "places where you wouldn't find or would be unlikely to find information involving a U.S. citizen... would allow the government to use classified electronic surveillance techniques, such as infrared sensors to observe people inside their homes, without a court order."

Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick, the Clinton administration believes the president "has inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches for foreign intelligence purposes."

Secret searches and wiretaps of Aldrich Ames's office and home in June and October 1993, both without a federal warrant.
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Not to mention Carnivore and Echeleon, which largely started under Clinton.

Munich

Obviously not having see the movie yet, this is still an interesting read, for some history if not the movie review:
http://americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5085

Exerpts:
In real history, there is an enemy. The enemy is Islamic Jihad, although sometimes Jihad is called Militant Islam or Islamofascism. Jihad is a permanent war. This means Jihad excludes the idea of peace, but allows for truces (hudnas) to regroup, infiltrate, and attack again.
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Jihad—like fascism and totalitarianism - destroys the moral order of humanity.
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November 28, 1941, when Hitler made a pact with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem – the grandfather of the PLO – to effect The Final Solution-the extermination of all Jews from the face of the earth.
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[T]he Grand Mufti had declared Jihad on the Allied Powers...on November 25, 1941, and the United States of America was attacked two weeks later

Dems a bit unclear on the concept of "democracy"

Here's a nice quote from Democrat Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:
"We've become like the House of Commons. Whoever has the most votes wins. It hasn't worked that way in 216 years," he said.

Uh, Mr. Reid, sorry to break it to you, but that's what democracy is.

Hattip: PowerlineBlog
The Washington Times

Happy Aids Day!