Former Republican Congressman and CIA official says military dictatorship close

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Republican Congressman Says Totalitarian Regime a Danger

Bob Barr says military dictatorship close

 

Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones | December 11 2005

 

Former Republican Congressman and CIA official Bob Barr says that

there is a danger recent developments describe a trend of America

slipping into a totalitarian society and that the Bush administration

are doing everything in their power to see that this happens.

 

During a radio interview with host Alex Jones, Barr outlined where the

country is heading.

 

" Basically, as long as you smile when you demand to see somebody's ID

at gunpoint sitting on a bus I guess it's OK for the government,

that's sort of the way they operate. It can be a totalitarian type

regime. "

 

" I think it's a real danger where we have the military becoming

involved in all sorts of domestic matters and we have the government

being able to seize very private personal records on people without

any suspicion that they've done anything wrong. This is a dramatic

turn of events that has accelerated greatly since 9/11. "

 

Barr made comments very similar to those of current Republican

Congressman Ron Paul in stating that natural disasters could be used

by the government as a pretext to abolish posse comitatus.

 

" If we have the military involved whenever there's a windstorm, rain

or tornado then what we are doing is that we are undermining the

entire basis on what our constitutional representative democratic form

of government was founded. "

 

Barr said that legislation like the Patriot Act and its imminent

re-authorization and expansion were more of a threat to the American

way of life than any terrorist attack.

 

" Even when the leaders in Washington say we're not going to let the

terrorists change our way of life, they are implementing policies that

do precisely that. "

 

Barr elaborated that the manipulation of fear was a key cornerstone in

the government's coup de 'tat on constitutional liberties.

 

" They're using people's fear of another terrorist attack to move

forward with various government programs that the government has

wanted to gather and put in place for many many years. They're using

the fear which is now driving public policy in this country which is

very unfortunate and very un-American. Our leaders are shamelessly

playing on that fear to implement and grab power. "

 

Speaking on the topic of the second amendment, Barr said that his

position as a board member on the NRA enabled him to judge the

difference between how the Clinton and Bush administration's

approached the issue. Barr echoed the sentiments of many other

prominent conservatives in expressing his frustration about how the

Bush administration was even more anti-second amendment than the

Clinton office.

 

" it's my impression to be honest with you, and this is confirmed by a

lot of folks who are involved very heavily in regulatory matters

involving firearms, that it is more difficult dealing with this

administration than it was dealing with the prior administration. "

 

Barr is currently working with the ACLU and others in trying to

prevent the sunset clauses of the Patriot Act from being renewed,

which could happens as early as this week.

 

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