Pro-Domestic Spying Campaign Underway This Week

The president is going around the country edumacating citizens about warrantless wire tapping and national security. He's got until Feb 6 when the senate hearings begin to change public opinion. Usually the president doesn't care about public opinion. He must be worried.

"We are stepping up our efforts to educate the American people about this vital tool in the war on terrorism," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. USA Today

He will be at Kansas State University today explaining to students why he needs to know who al Qaida is speaking to in America.

Rule of Fascism #7. Obsession with national security. Inevitably, a national security apparatus was under direct control of the ruling elite. It was usually an instrument of oppression, operating in secret and beyond any constraints. Its actions were justified under the rubric of protecting “national security,” and questioning its activities was portrayed as unpatriotic or even treasonous.