The Obama administration, eager to demonstrate how different it is from its predecessor, just endorsed this apex of Bushian Kafkakery:
The dispute involves Walker's Jan. 5 order to allow plaintiffs who say the government illegally wiretapped their phones to read a classified surveillance document that could confirm the assertion and avoid dismissal of their suit. [...]
The government inadvertently sent the classified document to Al-Haramain [the plaintiffs] in 2005. It reportedly showed that the now-defunct Islamic charity had been wiretapped before the government designated it a terrorist organization.
Al-Haramain returned the document at the request of the government, which then argued in court that without the document, the group could not prove it had been wiretapped.
The article also mentions that the filing by Obama's Justice Department "elaborated on arguments by the same lawyers under the Bush administration", which I'm guessing is just evidence to the faithful that these Bush dead-enders are doing everything in their power to undermine the new president. And the fact that "Department spokesman Charles Miller confirmed that the brief represented the views of the new administration and its attorney general" means nothing, except that Charles Miller is a lying bastard who needs to be removed from his position immediately, before he can do any more damage to Obama's reputation.
No, I'm not going to make any smirking references to the c-word. And it's not like anyone should feel any real vindication about this, or the growing list of similar atrocities Obama and his coterie have committed; after all, predicting that a Democrat will act this way requires about as much insight as foretelling tomorrow's sunrise. I'd be overjoyed if Obama would prove the lowest expectations of him mistaken, against the iron lessons of history and every shred of available evidence...but by the same token, I think it'd be super cool to discover that squirrels will grant you wishes if you feed them the right nuts.
* (Or possibly Monty Python.)
No, I'm not going to make any smirking references to the c-word.
No snark, I am honestly trying to figure out which c-word you mean here. Conservative? Centrist? Clinton? Cooties?
...Ah. I think I just figured it out. The c-word which is normally paired with an h-word.
Posted by: Quin | Friday, February 13, 2009 at 12:13 AM
You're right, but I think I prefer cooties.
Posted by: John Caruso | Friday, February 13, 2009 at 01:29 PM