Hypocrisy From the Left and the Right
July 12, 2006 - by
Two news stories from the same day:
- While Republicans in Congress and the Bush Administration fulminate over The New York Times’ “treason” in publishing the banking-surveillance story, Republicans in Congress criticize the administration for not telling them about the program. They wouldn’t know about it today if they hadn’t read it in the Times – and The Wall Street Journal, I might add.
- A committee of the American Civil Liberties Union – the defender of Americans’ right to dissent – proposed guidelines that would have limited the ability of ACLU board members to publicly criticize the organization. Somebody realized the hypocrisy, and the ACLU says it is withdrawing the guidelines.
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Hypocrisy From the Left and the Right
July 12, 2006/
Two news stories from the same day:
- While Republicans in Congress and the Bush Administration fulminate over The New York Times’ “treason” in publishing the banking-surveillance story, Republicans in Congress criticize the administration for not telling them about the program. They wouldn’t know about it today if they hadn’t read it in the Times – and The Wall Street Journal, I might add.
- A committee of the American Civil Liberties Union – the defender of Americans’ right to dissent – proposed guidelines that would have limited the ability of ACLU board members to publicly criticize the organization. Somebody realized the hypocrisy, and the ACLU says it is withdrawing the guidelines.
Posted in General