How close are we to a police state?, (difficult to ask - easy to answer)
You be the judge.
it is clear that Karl Rove abused his power and misused the Department of Justice as a political tool to win elections, and that is something that would happen in a police state. That is something that we might have read about in history books as happening in Russia, but it is not something that should be allowed to happen in the United States of America.
This is the words of Don Siegelman who was the Governor Alabama and is pressing his case against the Bush administration.
From <a href="http://www.annistonstar.com/showcase/2008/as-open-0518-mricks-8e18a0747.htm"; The Anniston Star