The Critical Difference Between "Accuser" and "Witness" June 28, 2011

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

June 28, 2011

Every day ? most likely, many times each day ? Americans find their lives torn apart because police and other enforcement agencies treat a single accusation, often made anonymously, as if it were legitimate evidence.

Since the mid-1970s, the federal government has subsidized child abuse ?hotlines? and protected the anonymity of accusers ? despite the fact that the Bill of Rights supposedly protects the right of the accused to confront his accuser. Countless thousands of families have been destroyed as a result of a furtive, unsubstantiated allegation made in a call to a so-called child ?protective? agency.

The same practice is increasingly common in narcotics investigations: The word of a confidential informant ? often a petty criminal seeking leniency ? is enough to send a fully armed SWAT team to any address in this supposedly free country. The same principle operates in foreign policy: CIA-conducted drone strikes against purported terrorists are frequently launched in response to claims made by a single paid informant. Thousands of entirely innocent people have been killed as a result.

There?s a reason why the Devil is called the ?accuser? ? and why the Bible demands that the truth be established by two or more witnesses.

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

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