Maybe an investigation by the Justice Department and the Congress of reputed illegal anti-terrorist activities of the Bush/Cheney Administration will lead to revelations of abuse of civil liberties and failures to report adequately to the appropriate members of Congress. Maybe not.
But what it certainly will do is persuade anyone who is not already part of the frothing Left that the Democrats care more about a punctilious regard to the rights of terrorists than they do for protecting the American people from terrorists. It is hard to see the advantage in that, except to try to reignite the anti-Bush indignation of last year and earlier among a rather small segment of the electorate; that is, the segment that will vote or take other action based on such concerns. Meanwhile, however, it opens the Administration and its Congressional allies to the charge that they are so worried about the rights of possible terrorists that they are leaving the country vulnerable to attack. That would seem to be a risky image to put out there. The danger of attack on our shores has not passed, has it?
