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Rise of the garrison state: using the pretext of responding to terrorist threats, President Bush proposed changes that, in reality, have long been planned to consolidate police-state powers at the federal level. (On the Home Front).

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| July 15, 2002 | Jasper, William F. | COPYRIGHT 2002 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, and this terrible knowledge requires us to act differently." Thus spoke President Bush in his nationally televised June 6th address unveiling "the most extensive reorganization of the federal government since the 1940s." The centerpiece of this reorganization, explained the president, would be "a permanent Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security."

By presenting this proposal in a primetime address, the Bush White House staged a spin control coup that would do credit to the infamous Clinton "War Room." The president's announcement came on the same day that FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley and FBI ...

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