I believe history is simply repeating itself here. I'm not saying these guys are nazis, but I heard a discussion of a book written by a US professor after WWII. He went to Germany to interview people to understand how the German citizens let the nazis get to power.

The one theme heard from many he interviewed was that, actually living there you didn't see the progression from A to B to C and what that meant. Everything was done in little steps and it was hard for the average citizen to see the big picture.

I hope that historians don't look back on the early 21st century US and make the same claims.

>That and the erosion of civil liberties are the greatest tragedies to occur in this country. I cannot believe that everyone is ok with it happening.
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>>From the description it's more of a historical record of the process cheney, addington, etc. have gone thru to get the expansion of powers they so greatly desired. Hopefully, others can use what they learn from this episode to put in place controls so this never happens again.