Reply #33: "They say, 'We need secrecy, but the reason we need secrecy is also secret, so we can't tell you."

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Anon (Deep Modem) sets the stage:

"“They say, 'We need secrecy, but the reason we need secrecy is also secret, so we can't tell you.'”

Has this administration ever done anything to make you mistrust it? Maybe...but I can't tell you about it. It's a secret.

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Date: August 7, 2007 4:31 PM

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Hi Josh, I would appreciate any feedback or editing on this letter before I send it.

Dear Senator Leahy and Senator Specter,

Thank you for your dedication and work as United States Senators. For years I have been concerned about the behavior of the current Bush administration and the Justice Dept. Your recent interviews with the Attorney General have only heightened my fears.

Before this administration, there was a commonly held belief that the United States believed in and followed the rule of law. ........