Our View: Bush Police State Yields; On Guard, Udall Et Al.

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Whether or not the likes of Tom Udall in Congress' new majority had anything to do with it, President Bush's long claim to a divine right to spy on his fellow Americans at last is showing signs of erosion.

For years, Udall was one of too few voices against such outrages as the USA Patriot Act and other incursions on privacy rights. Republicans led the charge against the Constitution -- but many of the Northern New Mexico representative's fellow Democrats followed. If there was any defense of the Big Brother behavior toward citizens increasingly seen as a flock, it was Sept. 11, 2001: To avoid a repeat of that tragic day, you must trust your government to spy on you. After all, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear ...

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Our View: Bush Police State Yields; On Guard, Udall Et Al.

Nothing, that is, except our government -- and officials who might or might not abuse their power to snoop, or, worse, to impr...

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