There was a report out a couple years back on how the Chicago police had routinely tortured defendants and detainees. It received only the fleetest notice in the media…

I hope things are going well for you in ‘Bama and that the book binding biz is rattlin’ right along.

The shrub (a known blowback genius) copied typical law enforcement practices. Find a young and naive hoodlum (get him to run his mouth); encourage him to commit a crime and then put him on death row.

This is a common practice today. Illinois had maybe 150 of these types on death row - former Governor Ryan had to commute their sentences and help create a committee to review the practice. It also led, as most know, to a temporary ban on executions (typical government counterproductivity).

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (former county prosecutor) may have led the way for this practice. I can only imagine his involvement in illegal eavsdropping by Chicago police on any Chicagoan of interest for any reason, criminal or not (not quite comparable to NSA cell phone intercepts.) Chicago has spent millions to combat Terror - and it must be working because Chicago has never experienced a Terrorist attack. Today most police departments are well connected by the internet. Chicago police, with it’s greater financial resources, has a capability proportional to the NSA to spy on citizens. (Speculating) This illegal spying has led to an increase in crackdown on illegal drug traffiking (and police executions of police enemies on the street.)

Because this practice is known to the public and has been made acceptable to the public (at any government level) police, CIA or FBI can defame any American citizen and make them a known suspect regardless of culpability (Operation Mockingbird).

If any person even contemplates an act of Terror it could get them stuffed into a canvas bag just like it did with Padilla. Government passes a law that increases crime (Prohibition), allowing it to crackdown on both the increase in crime it created and the freedom that allowed these alleged criminals to commit crime, reducing the public’s safety from criminals and government and freedom from government intrusion. Providing for the public’s safety, by government, trumps everything - even the Bill of Rights and safety.

Government causes all the trouble: it meddles in the affairs of other countries, incites foreigners to attack the American public and then passes more laws to prohibit it (as if any terrorist would be law-abiding enough to obey the new law) enabling the government to practically stuff petty thugs into a canvas bag (Padilla style) to impress on the public the level of danger these petty thugs possess. And all that horrifying danger convinces the public to acquiesce in the sacrifice of their freedom needed to combat Terror (blowback). Once upon a time government was a petty servant, now it’s a terrorizing master not required to adhere to any amount of logic or reasoning (in Washington and in Illinois).

Sorry to be out of touch, but I did hear your interview with Scott Horton. Excellent as always.

Between the facts put out and the good humor, you two always keep me upbeat about the getting out of this mess called empire!

Cheers,

Wes