Abusing the memory of 9/11

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Sometimes you wish your predictions didn't come true. I wish mine hadn't. I had predicted in an earlier entry that Bush and the Republican Congress would use 9/11 as a platform to pass laws legalizing Guantanomo torture and warrantless spying. And sure enough, here it comes:

President Bush pressed Congress on Thursday to approve new military tribunals to try terrorism suspects, a day after he admitted the CIA ran secret prisons overseas where accused militants were detained.

And:

Speaking at a public policy forum in Atlanta, Bush also urged Congress to endorse his administration's domestic eavesdropping program.

'I will continue to use every element of national power to pursue our enemies and to prevent attacks on the United States of America,' Bush said.

The one predictable attribute of scum is that you know it is going to stink.