2:24:14 Just laugh, okay? You're on the inside. You know it's all bullcrap so you can just laugh Don't go crazy please Coming to you from the hilltop Watt Tower crackpot command center here in Gitmo Nation West The People's Republic of Southern California In the morning everybody my name is Adam Curry And thanks for listening to our Sanco de Mayo celebration I'm here in Northern Silicon Valley and John C. Dvorak We'll talk again on Sunday for early morning service right here On No Agenda Does the government work for us or do we work for the government? The Constitution lets the President set the nation's foreign policy. Does he know what he is doing tonight, President Obama and the rule of law
2:25:07 The more we learn about the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the more questions naturally arise. Initially John Brennan, the president's counter-terrorism czar told The Nation on Monday morning that bin Laden was armed and fired at our SEALs who had invaded his house Mr. Brennan also told us that bin Laden used his wife as a human shield and pushed her between himself in the seals after they had entered their dwelling It was clear that the administration, with an eye on the Constitution and federal law... ...was actually attempting to make the case that Bin Laden initiated the violence that resulted in his own death. Obviously whether lawfully present or not... ...The Seals would have been right to have returned fire if it had been initiated against them."
2:25:48 Last night we learned that Mr. Brennan's version of the events at the scene was being abandoned by the White House! Last night, we learned that bin Laden was not armed and did not shoot at the SEALS... ...did NOT use any person as a human shield and did NOT pose ANY resistance! Now you might ask what difference does any of this make? He was a monster who admitted killing 3,000 innocent Americans and he got what he deserved If that is your view, then you should re-evaluate your respect for the rule of law, for transparency in government and whether you want the president to have powers as a king. Under the law, the entry of our troops into the sovereign territory of another nation without declaration of war against that nation or permission from that nation is illegal
2:26:31 Under the law, sending troops to arrest and capture a person wanted for mass murder and directing those troops to bring the person here is lawful. And American courts have sanctioned that but under the law sending troops to kill someone is unlawful it violates at least four treaties three federal statutes and executive order that the president himself signed It violates basic American values the rule of law and the Constitution The rule of law requires all Americans to follow the law, no matter who they are or what the circumstances may be. The law allows the president to capture and to charge someone but it simply does not permit him to kill someone he should arrest If that were not the law then nothing but popular opinion could stop the president from killing whoever he wanted
2:27:15 The framers themselves specifically feared this as they knew the propensities of European kings to kill whomever they wished and to claim it was done for safety's sake. Thus, the framers wrote into the Constitution and their successors in Congress wrote into federal law prohibitions of the very behavior that the president authorized and directed on Sunday night Now, the President himself surely knows this He taught constitutional law at one of the best law schools in the country but he violated the law in order to get Bin Laden. If the president thinks he can kill on his own volition, what else can we expect of him? Well earlier today announced that he will not release photos of bin laden taken after his death The President derives his powers from us We cant keep evidence from him How can he keep what we need to know and have a right to see from us
2:28:07 We know that he has engaged us in a war in Libya without the consent of Congress as required by the Constitution. And just like with the killing of Bin Laden, his team has given us conflicting explanations for doing that. First he told us that our troops in Libya were engaged in a humanitarian mission That somehow by destroying the Libyan Air Force which obviously means killing members of the Libyan Air Force The US could save lives Then without the consent of Congress He ordered bombing the Libyan government to help the rebels oust the Libyan dictator Qaddafi He said that NATO will be in charge of the pursuit of Gaddafi, then he realized that the US effectively owns NATO and he'd be responsible for what NATO did.
2:28:49 Then he permitted Nader to kill three pre-teenage children, innocents who just happened to be the grandchildren of Colonel Qaddafi. Then Secretary of Defense Gates and Secretary of State Clinton announced that we really don't know who the rebels are but we like them better than we do Colonel Qaddafi. Then WikiLeaks revealed that some of the rebel leadership consisted a former detainees at Gitmo and some were well known terrorists and mercenaries from the Middle East known as the Mujahideen Then the president decided to send these rebels $25 million in non-lethal aid, such as medical supplies, uniforms, boots and radios. This is the same president whose Justice Department is prosecuting a man here in New York for aiding terrorists by sending raincoats to the same Mujahideen
2:29:35 Do you see the pattern with President Obama? Do as I say, not as I do. Free speech for me but not for thee! I am free to do what I wish and get re-elected, the Constitution be damned! America... These are dangerous times in which we live, and only fidelity to first principles will keep us free. Those principles require very simply that the president comply with the Constitution and obey the laws just like the rest of us. From New York defending freedom every night of the week! So long America! Just say you'll never... Squirrel! Dvorak dot org slash N-A