Domestic translation: Round up the people in categories X and Y.
If it appears that we are painting a picture of inevitable, massive detentions and restrictions of American citizens, it is because the daily sweep of administration activity points in that direction. There WILL be serious if not catastrophic terror attacks on U.S. soil - Bush's foreign policy guarantees it. When the attacks come, the regime in Washington WILL declare some kind of state of emergency; only the particulars are unknown, probably to the Bush men, themselves. And they are NOT compiling lists of public activists and left-leaners, in urgent and sloppy haste, just for the fun of it.
Measures will be taken against the names on the lists of those designated as domestic threats. An action plan will inexorably shape itself around the database. That's how bureaucracies of repression work. Discreet categories of threat require specific measures of response. It will take a while for the various agencies to work out the details. There can be no doubt, however, that the people closest to George Bush are impatient to move the task along.
If it appears that we are painting a picture of inevitable, massive detentions and restrictions of American citizens, it is because the daily sweep of administration activity points in that direction. There WILL be serious if not catastrophic terror attacks on U.S. soil - Bush's foreign policy guarantees it. When the attacks come, the regime in Washington WILL declare some kind of state of emergency; only the particulars are unknown, probably to the Bush men, themselves. And they are NOT compiling lists of public activists and left-leaners, in urgent and sloppy haste, just for the fun of it.
Measures will be taken against the names on the lists of those designated as domestic threats. An action plan will inexorably shape itself around the database. That's how bureaucracies of repression work. Discreet categories of threat require specific measures of response. It will take a while for the various agencies to work out the details. There can be no doubt, however, that the people closest to George Bush are impatient to move the task along.