Gore Accuses Bush of 'Big Brother' Policy [View All]

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031109_969.html

WASHINGTON Nov. 9 — Former Vice President Al Gore accused President Bush on Sunday of failing to make the country safer after the Sept. 11 attacks and using the war against terrorism as a pretext to consolidate power.
"They have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, 'big brother'-style government toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book '1984' than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America," Gore charged.

Gore, who lost the disputed 2000 presidential election to Bush, said terrorism-fighting tools granted after Sept. 11 amount to a partisan power grab that have led to the erosion of the civil liberties of all Americans.

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Go, Al!

On edit: Looks like Spazito and I posted at the same time. Pls lock this thread. Thanks.