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[pauraque_bk]

I've just been told that the Department of Homeland Security is petitioning Congress for the right to postpone the coming election in the event of a terrorist attack.

Can someone please give me some solid information on this?

EDIT: A CNN article is here. Thanks, atdelphi.

EDIT2: There is also a BBC News article here. Thanks, muridae_x.

Comments

[pauraque]

Yes, that was basically my reaction. I can see why it would be reasonable, but I can see how it could be abused.

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. I'm not terribly paranoid about it. (For paranoia, I have the Democratic National Convention here in town to deal with first, and I'm unduly paranoid about that. Yet I still find time to be paranoid about the precedent set by allowing people to search bags in the T stations, as well, even though I know that if I stood up and fought against it and it was overturned only to have a train blown up later, I'd also fret over that.) I'd really prefer to live in a September 10th world. Life was better then.