Chertoff, F*ck Off

Chertoff tells it like it is, in his world.

"We have to make sure our legal system allows us to do that. It's not like the 20th century, where you had time to get warrants."

Nope, it isn't at all like the 20th century, when you could do what you needed to do and get the warrant later. There just isn't enough time after the fact for that anymore!

"We've done a lot in our legal system the last few years, to move in the direction of that kind of efficiency," Chertoff said. "But we ought to constantly review our legal rules to make sure they're helping us, not hindering us."

Legal rules are there TO hinder law enforcement agencies in order to keep them from doing whatever the hell they want. There have to be laws to keep abuse of law enforcement from happening. The law is not above the law.

But I've saved the best Chertoff quote for last:

We must "eliminate people who are susceptible to becoming killers."
--source

Department of Pre-Crime, anyone? If you were to eliminate all people who might be susceptible of becoming killers, you'd be elimininating a lot of people.

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