See that logical cliff next to you? Down at the bottom there are aliens, secret military bases, tunnels, cities on Mars, odd planets touring the Solar System, and all the other things that some people say must exist because the authorities deny them, or don't even talk about them in the first place.
If just one U.S. citizen got hauled in and held incommunicado without any of his legal rights, it would take about an hour for one of his relatives, friends, acquaintances, jail workers, nervous cops, or bar buddies to flag the press anonymously. Assuming it wasn't spread all over the leftist blogosphere first.
This is exactly what the Left has been slavering for since the Patriot Act was enacted.
The guy in the clink would be a Cause before the week was out, "laws against talking about it" or not. Cripes, when have gag rules stopped ANYBODY from getting a story?
For a good time, go into Google and search for the words "classified papers" as the source of news stories.
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You do realize that statement doesn't stand up under even a gentle logical examination, right?
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- Any thoughts about this news surrounding Bill Cosby?
- I think we need to re-establish statutes of limitation for stuff like this.
- It reminds me of an old lawyer story.
- I am not so sure.
- At the risk of giving this more time than it deserves...
- The statute of limitations should apply in all cases...Even murder.
- I don't agree on murder.
- Every single one of us is at risk of being accused of something we never did yesterday.
- The statute of limitations should apply in all cases...Even murder.
- Cosby said the unspeakable:
- I think we need to re-establish statutes of limitation for stuff like this.