FBI Building’s Namesake Sought Mass Arrest, Suspension of Habeas Corpus–Or Just One More Reason We Need Ron Paul As President
Here's a chilling thought: J. Edgar was ahead of his time by nearly 60 years! If HE had been the president in 1950, thousands of Americans would have been rounded up, based upon so-called secret evidence derived from years of warrantless wiretapping and unconstitutional spying, and they would have been denied all legal recourse to challenge their detentions. Even the right to see so-called evidence against them would have been prohibited, all in the name of "national security."Sound familiar?
And would you be willing to wager, that if he had NOT been opposed, the kindred spirit now residing in our White House, would similarly have had no compunction about rounding up HUNDREDS of thousands of even AMERICANS without probable cause, denying them access to so-called secret evidence, and their sacred habeas right to challenge their detention? I would wager that, exactly, based on overwhelming evidence, and I'M not a gambler!
We can just be thankful that J. Edgar never became president, and that cooler heads prevailed over his absolute insanity, but the similarity of instincts between not only our PRESENT president and J. Edgar, but between a great many of the CANDIDATES now running, and J. Edgar Hoover, are positively eerie, and they highlight just ONE MORE REASON why Ron Paul MUST win this election!Consider the facts recently uncovered:
Read the full article: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSB35605720071222NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan in 1950 to suspend the right to habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty, The New York Times reported on their web site on Saturday.
Hoover wanted President Harry Truman to proclaim the mass arrests necessary to "protect the country against treason, espionage and sabotage" and sent the plan to the White House 12 days after the start of the Korean War, the Times reported, citing a newly declassified document.
There is no evidence to suggest Truman or any other president approved any part of Hoover's proposal.
According to the Hoover plan, the FBI would "apprehend all individuals potentially dangerous" to national security.
The arrests would come from a list of approximately 12,000 names that Hoover had been compiling for years, the Times said.
"In order to make effective these apprehensions, the proclamation suspends the Writ of Habeas Corpus," Hoover's proposal said, referring to the right to seek relief from illegal detention, a centuries-old fundamental principle of law.
According to the Constitution, habeas corpus must prevail "unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it." But Hoover's proposal broadened that to include "threatened invasion" or "attack upon United States troops in legally occupied territory," the Times said.
Prisoners would have the right to an eventual hearing from a board made up of one judge and two citizens. The hearings, however, would "not be bound by the rules of evidence," Hoover's letter added.
Habeas corpus is currently at issue in the United States, with President George W. Bush following...
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