Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 13, 2010

Every once in a while those who presume to rule us will remove their mask of geniality and reveal their malevolent desire for unlimited power.

Not long ago, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman sponsored a measure giving the president an internet ?kill switch.? After all, observed Lieberman, the government of Communist China has that option, so why shouldn?t we?

In a recent New York Times column, Richard Falkenrath, who was deputy homeland security adviser in the Bush administration, described the ?approval, admiration and perhaps even a touch of envy? he experienced when the United Arab Emirates announced a ban on the use of BlackBerry personal communication devices.

The dictators ruling the UAE can take ?swift, decisive action? to eavesdrop on all private electronic communications ? including a ban on services that refuse to comply. From his perspective ? one he shares with many law enforcement and intelligence officials ? Falkenrath considers it a pity the United States isn?t more like that Arab dictatorship.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.