Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 (
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In an act of extreme courage and dedication, a current Department of Justice employee wrote
a devastating op-ed in the Denver Post which has been picked up by
Crooks and Liars.com,
Digg.com, and hopefully others.
Calling him a "National Disgrace", John S. Koppel, a 26 year veteran of the Department of Justice blasts Bush and his tenure as president.
The sweeping, judicially unchecked powers granted under the Patriot Act should neither have been created in the first place nor permanently renewed thereafter, and the Act - which also contributed to the ongoing contretemps regarding the replacement of U.S. attorneys, by changing the appointment process to invite political abuse - should be substantially modified, if not scrapped outright. And real, rather than symbolic, responsibility should be assigned for the manifold abuses. The public trust has been flagrantly violated, and meaningful accountability is long overdue. Officials who have brought into disrepute both the Department of Justice and the administration of justice as a whole should finally have to answer for it - and the misdeeds at issue involve not merely garden-variety misconduct, but multiple "high crimes and misdemeanors," including war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Wow. This guy is my new hero.
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