The Memory Hole > Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote but not one that pertains to national security, just one that doesn't present our Lord and Mighty War Hero Saviour, George Dubya, in the most positive possible light.
"But now we have absolute, incontrovertible proof that the government also censors completely innocuous material simply because they don't like it....
Ostensibly, they would use their powers of censorship only to remove material that truly could jeopardize US operations. But in reality, what did they do? They blacked out a quotation from a Supreme Court decision:
"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect 'domestic security.' Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent."
The mind reels at such a blatant abuse of power (and at the sheer chutzpah of using national security as an excuse to censor a quotation about using national security as an excuse to stifle dissent)."
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