STUPID PEOPLE
John Brennan Sworn in on Constitution Without a Bill of Rights
New CIA director John Brennan was sworn into office Friday
on the original draft of the Constitution — as in, the one drafted in
1787, four years before it included the Bill of Rights. It is a symbolic
thing, but the White House got the symbolism wrong. Brennan has been
criticized for being involved in, or at least aware of, various CIA
policies that trouble civil libertarians. Brennan said he knew of, but did nothing to stop, the torture of war-on-terror detainess under the Bush administration. Kentucky
Sen. Rand Paul filibustered Brennan's nomination on Wednesday and into
Thursday, demanding the Obama administration say whether it believed it
had the power to use a drone to kill and American citizen not engaged in
combat on American soil. (Attorney General Eric Holder said the answer was no.)
As Marcy Wheeler notes, what's funny about this is that the White House thought it was getting the symbolism right. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Brennan requested the 1787 copy of the Constitution from the National Archives to show the U.S. is a nation of laws, according to Yahoo. Earnest explained, "Director Brennan told the president that he made the request to the archives because he wanted to reaffirm his commitment to the rule of law as he took the oath of office as director of the CIA."
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As Marcy Wheeler notes, what's funny about this is that the White House thought it was getting the symbolism right. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Brennan requested the 1787 copy of the Constitution from the National Archives to show the U.S. is a nation of laws, according to Yahoo. Earnest explained, "Director Brennan told the president that he made the request to the archives because he wanted to reaffirm his commitment to the rule of law as he took the oath of office as director of the CIA."
You wanna DVD with that?
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