SomeGuy
Active Member
At least the CIA is being up front about the problems involved in being held up by legal issues.
Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press, perhaps befitting his status as America's top spy—the White House took pains to emphasize the symbolism of the ceremony.
“Director Brennan was sworn in with his hand on an original draft of the Constitution that had George Washington's personal handwriting and annotations on it, dating from 1787.”
The Bill of Rights, which did not officially go into effect until December 1791 after ratification by states.
That means: No freedom of speech and of the press, no right to bear arms, no Fourth Amendment ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures,” and no right to a jury trial.
How ... symbolic?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...nstitution-without-bill-rights-205110620.html
Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press, perhaps befitting his status as America's top spy—the White House took pains to emphasize the symbolism of the ceremony.
“Director Brennan was sworn in with his hand on an original draft of the Constitution that had George Washington's personal handwriting and annotations on it, dating from 1787.”
The Bill of Rights, which did not officially go into effect until December 1791 after ratification by states.
That means: No freedom of speech and of the press, no right to bear arms, no Fourth Amendment ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures,” and no right to a jury trial.
How ... symbolic?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...nstitution-without-bill-rights-205110620.html