Comments on: House Poised to Grant Arrest Powers to CIA, NSA

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:09:16 +0000

It is the overall objective of our governing power. Its not intended to oppress but to provie a sound structure and under a Democratic Republic style style. Lets not allow for further corruption huh?

By: John

John — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:19:16 +0000

DoD police do have arrest powers. The confusion is that they use the word, “apprehend” which means “to arrest”.

By: Denis

Denis — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:19:42 +0000

Well,
Its kinda like the DoD police. According to OPM an 0083 is a police officer yet they have no arrest authority. HR 1841 was supposed to give them arrest powers wich would in turn help prevent crime. I cant understand what the hurt is if your job requires you to carry a firearm and handcuffs and you have the RIGHT training. Civilians can make a citizens arrest but also the point of abuse is here. Oh well, cant win em all. Semper Fi

By: Morgan-LynnLamberth

Morgan-LynnLamberth — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:19:06 +0000

Renditions, spying on peaceful groups and FISA violations show the contempt of the Cheney Bush administration for human rights. Congress must weigh in on these matters and set things right. [We should combat left and right weirdos!]

By: faslify

faslify — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:50:54 +0000

okay, a CIA guy could bring you down and give you to a private contractor to torture you (it wasn’t us, it was the rent-a-cop!).

but what is an NSA guy gonna do? throw a slide-rule at you? mess up your credit score later that night? come on, give me a break.

By: Comrade Martin

Comrade Martin — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:15:33 +0000

Just a quick note on comment from PW: This isn’t like Stalinism. Stalinism was perversion of Socialism by means of revisionism, a negative product of Vanguardist Socialism.

No, Bush is just an Imperialist leader, representative of the ultra-reactionary sector of the Capitalist class. Should a depression or recession come around the bend, you can bet Fascism will come about without question from the administration.

By: GUYK

GUYK — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:22:55 +0000

I have contended for years that the right wing is as dangerous as the left wing. I understand the need to be able to track and investigate terrorists. Maybe the problem is we have too gotdam many security agencies and they all should be combined into one. But a CIA or NSA making an arrest is just too much for me to swallow. Either they are intelligence gatherers or law enforcement but damn sure not both.

By: Larry Swadner

Larry Swadner — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:05:35 +0000

Brendan,

Either you are a plant or are totally confused about the basis of our government. This is a clear abuse of power, and points the way clearly to complete control of the populace at every level. Democracy = mob rule…republic = freedom!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:41:56 +0000

Brendan,
Hmm not to be rude, but is this comment for another thread? From the information provided here, I don’t really see anything here that backs your reasoned argument of Federal and Local cooperation.
Instead this seems to be another Federal Powergrab to institute extra powers. It doesn’t alarm you that the CIA could now arrest your for any crime committed in their midst.
Well, color me skeptical of this ideas benefits.

By: PW

PW — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:08:18 +0000

This really opens the door to Stalinism at its finest. Nothing to be proud of. Many thanks to Secrecy News for making sure information about this bill is seen and (one can hope!) acted on.