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Subject: We will never be quiet about Truth!!!
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:11:25 EDT
From: PLANETNEWS@aol.com
PLANETNEWS broadcast...
WASHINGTON, DC Responding to the threats facing
America's free democratic system, White House officials called upon Americans to stop
exercising their democratic freedoms Monday.
Above: Ari Fleischer urges Americans to keep their mouths shut.
"In this time of national crisis, a time when our most cherished freedoms are
threatened, all Americans not just outspoken talk-show hosts like Bill Maher must watch
what they say," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters. "Now
more than ever, if we want to protect democracy for future generations, it is vital that
nobody speak out about the issues of the day."
"We must all do our patriotic duty to protect our country's great ideals,"
Fleischer continued, "and we have to be careful about what opinions we express if we
are to defend our Constitution, a sacred document behind which all Americans must stand
united as one."
Fleischer's sentiments echoed those of many executive-branch officials, who, in the wake
of the Sept. 11 attacks, have called for broad-based limitations on civil liberties and
urged all patriotic, freedom-loving citizens to support those restrictions in defense of
the American way of life.
"We live in a land governed by plurality of opinion in an open electorate, but we are
now under siege by adherents of a fundamentalist, totalitarian belief system that
tolerates no dissent," Attorney General John Ashcroft said. "Our most basic
American values are threatened by an enemy opposed to everything for which our flag
stands. That is why I call upon all
Americans to submit to wiretaps, e-mail monitoring, and racial profiling. Now is not the
time to allow simplistic, romantic notions of 'civil liberties' and 'equal protection
under the law' to get in the way of our battle with the enemies of freedom."
In the past, Ashcroft said, efforts by federal agencies to restrict personal freedoms were
"severely hampered" by such factors as the judicial system, the Bill Of Rights,
and "government by the people." Since the attacks, however, some such
limitations have been waived, finally giving the CIA, FBI, Pentagon, and White House the
greater powers they need to defend freedom.
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who advocated permitting the CIA to engage in various
illegal activities during a recent Tonight Show With Jay Leno appearance, stressed the
importance of not merely submitting to freedom-curtailment policies, but also blindly
agreeing with them.
"Now is not the time for such divisive, destructive things as dialogue and
debate," McCain said. "Now is not the time for, 'My opinion is just as valid as
yours,' and 'What are my country's leaders doing and why?' and 'I have a question,
Mr. President.' Now is the time for one thing and one thing only: The defense of the
American democratic ideal. Any and all who disagree
with this directive, or who have different ideas about how it should be accomplished,
should learn to shut their mouths."
As the U.S. prepares to mobilize forces against Afghanistan, the military is seeking
strong limitations on the press. According to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, such a
Constitution-flouting move would not be unprecedented, citing the suspension of habeas
corpus in the Civil War and the order to round up 110,000 Japanese-Americans in detention
camps after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor.
"Remember, under the oppressive Taliban regime, people live in constant fear of an
oppressive order to which all must submit," Rumsfeld said. "Under their system,
it is illegal to practice a different religion or support a different political system. It
is against the law for women to work or leave their homes without their faces covered.
There is no freedom of speech, press, or assembly, as dissent of any kind is not
tolerated. It is even forbidden to smile or laugh in public, and all who fail to
unquestioningly obey are punished with reprisals of brutal violence. We must not allow
such a regime to threaten our great democracy. We must stand for something better than
that."
"It is therefore urgent," Rumsfeld continued, "that all Americans be quiet,
stop asking questions, accept the orders of authorities, and let us get on with the
important work of defending liberty, so that America can continue to be a beacon of
freedom to all the world."
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