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Kudos to my colleague John Whitehead for his continuing to stand up for our freedoms. He writes regular columns on his website The Rutherford Institute. Here’s what he insightfully says this week:
“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”””Hunter S. Thompson
“The groundwork has been laid for a new kind of government where it won’t matter if you’re innocent or guilty, whether you’re a threat to the nation, or even if you’re a citizen. The burden of proof has been reversed. No longer are we presumed innocent. Now we’re presumed guilty unless we can prove our innocence beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Rarely, are we even given the opportunity to do so. Although the Constitution requires the government to provide solid proof of criminal activity before it can deprive a citizen of life or liberty, the government has turned that fundamental assurance of due process on its head. Each and every one of us is now seen as a potential suspect, terrorist and lawbreaker in the eyes of the government.”