Frontline: The Enemy Within
This week PBS aired a fascinating documentary titled "The Enemy Within". If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend that you watch it online HERE.
This show compellingly rebuts administration claims that there are 'sleeper cells'' and that over 400 terrorists have been arrested in the United States. In fact, the so-called 'Enemy Within' is a political invention, and is mostly an illusion.
It is scary to see how this illusory threat has been used, mostly by Republicans, to justify illegal wiretaps, warrantless detentions, torture-like interrogations, and loss of the right of Habeas Corpus. All of these activites are argued to be justified based on fighting this unseen enemy. Yet, when you look in depth into whether this enemy even exists, you find almost nothing. Very disturbing....
This show compellingly rebuts administration claims that there are 'sleeper cells'' and that over 400 terrorists have been arrested in the United States. In fact, the so-called 'Enemy Within' is a political invention, and is mostly an illusion.
It is scary to see how this illusory threat has been used, mostly by Republicans, to justify illegal wiretaps, warrantless detentions, torture-like interrogations, and loss of the right of Habeas Corpus. All of these activites are argued to be justified based on fighting this unseen enemy. Yet, when you look in depth into whether this enemy even exists, you find almost nothing. Very disturbing....
posted by Mike Grayson @ 9:00 AM
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