Note: Native Americans wisely know that when the government hands out blankets and trinkets, it may have a "reservation" cordoned off just over the next ridge. And watch out for that smallpox in the freebies...A former head of MI5 (British homeland security) has accused the government of exploiting the fear of terrorism and trying to bring in laws that restrict civil liberties. From the BBC.
It is sobering to realize that the collateral damage in the so-called war on terror is all of us, and the innocent are accused along with the guilty, violating the very bedrock of the vaunted freedoms of the West.
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