What's the Boy President (and his sidekick, Holder) up to?
We mentioned this a couple of days ago; now Andy McCarthy has a few questions.
You just can't make up how brazen this crowd is. One week ago, President Obama quietly signed an executive order that makes an international police force immune from the restraints of American law.
...On Wednesday, however, for no apparent reason, President Obama issued an executive order removing the Reagan limitations. That is, Interpol's property and assets are no longer subject to search and confiscation, and its archives are now considered inviolable. This international police force (whose U.S. headquarters is in the Justice Department in Washington) will be unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law while it operates in the United States and affects both Americans and American interests outside the United States.
Umnnnhhhh....
Why would we elevate an international police force above American law? Why would we immunize an international police force from the limitations that constrain the FBI and other American law-enforcement agencies? Why is it suddenly necessary to have, within the Justice Department, a repository for stashing government files which, therefore, will be beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize?
I dunno. And the Boy President ain't talking--he's busy on the links, and mis-characterizing terrorists as "criminals."
But I do happen to have an idea:
BUY MORE AMMO!!!
Why would we elevate an international police force above American law...
ReplyDeleteYou certainly wouldn't have a problem if a foreign country extended our law enforcement agencies the same "courtesy", right?
You certainly wouldn't have a problem if those foreign police agencies would "do our dirty work for us", that is, conduct the war on terror by launching domestic and foreign investigations without being held accountable to our Constitution and laws, right?
Because you certainly didn't express any "concern" when Bush/Cheney used the services of foreign police agencies in similar fashion, "unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law", which in all likelihood went "beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize".
Your post is rife with hypocrisy.
If you have the time, an interesting read in my opinion.
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A myriad of questions remain about President Obama’s action, and their answers can only be speculated at this time.
What potential intelligence gathering techniques might a group of law enforcement agents use, when provided the latitude to investigate anything under the cover of INTERPOL’s immunity from Constitutional restraints?
Could a President who believes the Constitution reflects “the fundamental flaw of this country” potentially hide unconstitutional activities carried out by Department of Justice or Homeland Security agents within INTERPOL activities?
Will political associates of the President hold dual positions with INTERPOL?
NEO-CONS should be frothing at the mouth with these possibilities! Or, maybe Obama will rescind this executive order before he leaves office after it serving its purpose.
You certainly wouldn't have a problem if a foreign country extended our law enforcement agencies the same "courtesy", right?
ReplyDeleteDear Dumbass: I don't have a VOTE in what Israel, Egypt, or South Suckhole do with their own sovereignty issues. Your rhetoric: Zero.
You certainly wouldn't have a problem if those foreign police agencies would "do our dirty work for us",
Same answer to the same stupid question.
Because you certainly didn't express any "concern" when Bush/Cheney used the services of foreign police agencies in similar fashion, "unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law", which in all likelihood went "beyond the ability of Congress, American law-enforcement, the media, and the American people to scrutinize"
When Egypt, Israel, and South Suckhole petition for inclusion in the USA--and if they are accepted as States--then I'll have a problem.
Maybe you don't get this, but there IS a difference between US citizens and those of Greece, or Chechnya.
Try Wikipedia. It will help you.
Touched a nerve with the dumb ass response comment? I see, Christmas is over, so let the expletives fly. Got it.
ReplyDeleteThose same "stupid" questions are being posed by members of Congress from both sides, as well as the military.
Interesting how you "effectively" ducked the issue. Either you are in favor or against a country providing diplomatic immunity to foreign police agencies. There is no grey area on this topic.
So the "sovereingty" issue is irrelevant.
Do I find this executive order to be disturbing? Yes. What is Obama's motivation? Don't know. Certainly a number of conservative bloggers are chiming in. Use the internet to find out their positions. Now, liberal bloggers are silent. Interesting, indeed.
Maybe there not hitting the panic button quite yet, although perhaps that is a major blunder on their part.
So the "sovereingty" issue is irrelevant
ReplyDeleteWrong-o.
Every country is sovereign, at least in the conventional dictionaries. Yours may differ, of course.
Therefore, what Egypt, Israel, Sudan, (etc.) CHOOSE to do under their sovereign power is VERY relevant--just as it is with the US.
My concern is only for the US, as I happen to be a citizen here--not in Israel, Egypt, or South Suckhole.
I think providing immunity to foreign police agencies (to the degree of the Obama order) is wrong. OTOH, the leadership of Egypt, Israel, et al., may disagree and give up their sovereignty.
The Left is silent on this (and a lot of other) issue(s) b/c they cannot bring themselves to admit that they have backed a hack politician whose foreign-policy experience was learning about the North Side of Chicago and whose entire domestic-policy direction is Statist and, arguably, Socialist.
They didn't think he was serious about all those votes in the US Senate and the Illinois Legislature.